Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-05 | Page 3 | Latest News from the Intermountain West

Latest News From The Intermountain West Nevada Montana Utah Wyoming Idaho Nevada Nevada- Montana I MAKES SURVEY OF SNOW COVER COVE Contains More Moisture c Than Year Ago But Below Normal ormal LOGAN Jan George Ii-George 5 D Clyde CIde Utah experiment station re- re reports ports that the snow cover on the Logan lat the fit this year ear Is la imich deeper and contains considerably more water than It did d 0 year ago aJo A survey of ot the Spring Hollow and Mount Logan snow courses on January 2 revealed a I snow cover cov nich contains more than twice as much nuch water as the snow cover ot J JS nuary 2 1926 but which Is still below normal for tor January 1 1 The T SnOW snow cover appears quite qute deficient 1 feet fret elevation ele ue to the tall fall precipitation which fell lell as rain up to that elevation Above feet elevation the cover Is s ID und has a high vater ont it I The water content oC a aa al a ai from IS 15 to to 19 per p nt nt while this year it is 25 to 33 per c nt The soil soU Is 1 quite dry un- un under der the snow and Is still absorbIng moisture There Is conspicuous a I I O nee ace of o drifting and packing ot of Is characteristic chal ot of 1 h snow now Wl which ch ny I early carly runoff and o a low late latea las a p a 1 ion on supply With very few tew ex- ex cr years of o normal runoff have been characterized by heavy snows considerable nd and a January thaw The following table gives elves a ree- ree record ord of ot the the January January 1 cover on Mt LG Lan an since 1915 at stake 1 0 o 6 87 0 feet teet elevation Snow Water er co covert cove coveY Inthe InchOL Y YS ar Inches 1916 I 60 GO 1917 1911 GO 60 ms n 4 1919 50 27 1920 80 SO 46 1 1 63 1 22 2 3 72 1823 1923 68 1924 45 S 45 1925 1926 63 53 1926 53 5 3 27 1927 11 n