| Show Kamas Moisture is now Higher than for Twelve Year Average The good snowstorms enow which 1 be began an on October H 14 4 with six su inches inched have now given giyen a total of 01 88 68 inches of enow eDOW with a moisture moisture mois mole ture content of Inches from October 1 to December 17 17 or per Der cent better than the average of the past twelve years The big storm of December 6 6 brought 16 inches of snow enow with a moisture content of inches and a new low of 14 below on December 8 as aa shown by the cooperative weather station being maintained in Kamas t by y the Kamas Valley Roll Hail Conservation District and the postmaster The present good moisture sup sup- ply is needed after the drought of the past summer when only inches of rain came from April 1 to September 30 compared with an average of 75 inches This was waa only half of the usual mois mole moisture moisture ture for the same period Likewise Likewise Like Like- wise the precipitation from January January January Janu Janu- ary 1 to December 17 1956 is only 1273 inches compared with the e normal yearly precipitation of 1627 inches for Kamas This is only per cent of normal which will require inches more of during the remaining remaining re re- two weeks of December to bring us up to normal in 1956 1958 P. P D. D Lister |
