Show I S 'S Snow flOW ow Depth and Content il t Not Far From Normal N l mal ft Is s Reassuring ring Report JL Ranger Thursby accompanied h by Larsen while on the menu moun- r Evan van t ln to repair the telephone lino litH ue took i ok the snow measurements which l' l i indicate i 4 to that there is JS a shortage e of Snow now a snow but more than titan there was mias wasl St l t o vo years ears ago The The measurements of of r the Experiment Station and the Alpine for the past four years cars area are areas a as as fa follows 11 s o J 1 I Experiment Station d Depth Water V Content I J 1923 46 in n 1041 in 1924 28 8 f in 1 03 in m. 1 1925 40 in 1000 1009 in I 1926 34 iI in in in r Alpine I 1 De Depth tb Vat Water r Content Content 1923 53 63 in 1 1600 i in 1924 1924 32 Im in in i i 1925 46 in 1300 int in i t ii t i 19 1926 26 41 In 1006 Gin in 1 From the above table it will be i klen Seen that the water content is ish isi i h f lightly below the average for the past st four years Comparisons for forI forat I at longer period if the figures were I f Available would perhaps show 1926 1 t to to be be- benot not far from normal since ter I the he years ears 1923 and 1925 viere conI con con- t I above the average in the annual annual nual snowfall recorded on Febary Feb- Feb 1 i ary guarY fuary 1st The snow now is well drifted drift drift- ed d d and fairly well packed especial 1 i ly on the higher range an and d should we we e get the usual storms for February Jary ary and March lurch 1926 will be rull fully up to average nage 9 |