Show WATER SUPPLY BELOW NORMAL ON WEBER RIVER WATERSHED SNOW SURVEY REPORT SHOWS snow surveys which have just been completed on air the weber river watershed indicate that the present snow pack Is irom from 69 to percent of the average tor for r feb eb 1 reports horace andrews of the soil conservation service mr air andrews commented that very little snow pack data for past years is available for feb 1 as these courses have not been run at this time ot of year recently chalk creek high in the chalk creek drainage area at the intermediate elevation there is now inches of snow that contains 98 inches of water this Is ill percent pel cent of average tor for this time of 0 year the lover ioner elevation station shows inches of snow with 47 inches of water nater we d do not have a longtime long time record tor for this station so we cant give an average figure said mr andrews the deaver beaver creek snow survey showed 25 inches of snow with live five inches of water this Is 69 percent of the longtime long time average the smith and morehouse snow course shows inches ot of snow with 59 inches of water or 71 percent of normal local watershed below normal all a ot t this s indicates that the rivo weber river watershed is below the longtime long time average mr air andrews asserted the snow survey on parleys summit shows inches of snow and 92 inches of water content this is 80 percent of 0 the average silver lake which is also an indicator cator of runoff for or east canyon canyo n shows 47 inches of snow and 12 inches ot of water tor for a record or of 78 percent of average 79 percent in east canyon east canyon drainage indicates at this period that the runoff will be 7 79 9 percent of normal the weber river drainage show that its runolf runoff will be about 92 percent of normal tor for the spring of 1954 however stated mr air andrews approximately another 40 percent of 0 the average seasons snow pack is yet to come during february and march a considerable change may M ay yet yen take lake place in the water cupl auppl prospects for next summer storage in reservoirs storage in fit the east canyon C anyon reservoir is now acre feet beet the 10 year average for this time of year Is acre feet storage n echo reservoir at present shows acre feet and the 10 year average tor for this storage e site is acre feet A preliminary irrigation season water supply forecast recast lo will be issued next month when about 80 percent of the snow pack will have accumulated mr air andrews said |