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Show SNOW SURVEYS INDICATE AMPLE WATER Despite relatively light precipitation precipi-tation on northern Utah watersheds water-sheds during February, water content con-tent of snow cover on March 1 was considerably greater than the April 1 normal, indicating that the 1943 water . supply will be well above normal, it was determined following the monthly snow survey sur-vey by the USAC engineering department. de-partment. Snow surveys on Mt. Logan showed water content of snow cover at three elevations as: 16.5 inches or 151 per cent of the content con-tent on March 1, 1942 at 7,000 feet; 30.2 inches or 167 per cent of last year's at 8,000 feet, and 34.5 inches or 181 per cent of last year's at 9,000 feet. Precipitation during February showed an increase in-crease of 2.8, 6.4 and 7.2 inches at the respective elevations. The 1924-41 average ' March 1 snow cover at the three elevations is 10.8, 16.1 and 18.1 inches respectively. re-spectively. Thus present snow cover at the respective elevations is 53, 89 and 90 per cent above normal for March 1. Streamflow forecasts on the amount of runoff -water to be carried by streams supplied by watersheds during the farming season are computed on the basis of the accumulated snow cover on watersheds on April 1 of each year, Dean Clyde explained. The 1943 runoff of the Logan river cannot be predicted specifically before April 1, but the present unusually un-usually heavy snow cover indicates indi-cates a water supply considerably above normal. The average Apirl 1 accumulation accumula-tion at the three elevations is 13.4, 23.6 and 27.9 inches respectively. respec-tively. Thus, if no precipitation occurred during March, the water in snow storage still would be 123, 128 and 123 per cent respectively of the normal April 1 accumulation. accumula-tion. , 'The snow cover seems to get lighter toward the, south," Dean Clyde said, "and the runoff from Blacksmith Fork and Ogden rivers no doubt will be somewhat less, relatively, than on the Logan river." |