Show Extra He Heavy avY March Precipitation Ups Up Moun Mountain tarn Moisture Unusually high March precipitation precipitation preci preci- has brought the mount mountain mountain moun moun- t tain in snow cover and the water content to normal or slightly above at measuring stations in Ephraim canyon according to measurements made for April 1 r- r rby by Soil Conservation Servi Service e and the U. U S. S Weather Veather Bureau representatives Paul E E. Hansen Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen of the Great Basin Research Center and Delmar Beck of the made the recordings a and andreport andreport n d report that drifts appear slightly slight slight- I ly larger than average Measurements of March 1 precipitation precipitation precipitation pre pre- were made at the Ephraim station in the field elevation ft at Oaks station ft Ct Headquarters ft and lea 1 Meadows ft Snow measurements were made at the three higher stations stations sta sta- I and also at the Seeley i iI I Creek Station ft on the east side of the divide The snow cover at this station was considerably below average The following tables tell the story of March precipitation and the April 1st snow cover March Precipitation n t. t U b o U UC C C w 4 o Ephraim Oaks Me Meadows dows 2157 Snow Depth 1954 1953 Oaks 2285 Meadows 1 Seeley Cr Water Vater Content I It t 1 C M t. t It CU It OU It GIt 0 i o 0 i 3 0 3 l-H l o H O Oaks 1560 1450 1612 97 Meadows 2400 2165 2285 Seeley 1430 1009 1890 76 With favorable precipitation in April run-off run should be beup beup beup up to a good standard this year Temperatures during the runoff runoff run run- I off season of course have a great deal to do with the volume volume volume vol vol- ume of water which reaches the valley the amount of sediment it carries etc the report states |