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Show Ranger Reports Watershed Snow Close to Normal Witii the snow pack at four American Amer-ican Fori: rain on me asurement points doubling within a month, the outlook, lor a normal water yield is goud. Thomas A. Walker reported this week. Mca-u re meats completed February i 21 fur the e:.d of the month :how the ss.cw dtptii and water content- nearly up to normal. Mr. Walker. I National Parks ranger at Timpun- I u ;us cave, a:ul go; ernmeat weather recorder, said. i As an uo.UMi.uiy hra'.y precipita-'ion precipita-'ion v,:h recorded hot wmt. r. th."i year's lull doc not compare well Wills It. but is near the a'.i la "e The mid-week storms, comm ; after the measurements wen' made, added add-ed several iial.'-s to the snow depth. At Timpano , os Cave (.-mi), cleva-:;: cleva-:;: .",.",; feet, snow d"p'h was C int he ,. v. uh a water c ont":.t of 2 37; J:.l South Fork. (':) feet. 14. ui i::r!.i .:. with water content of 4 CI; 1st Ahamor.t. 7. ISO feet. .V.I .8 inches with 12,..) inches w.P.er content; j and tit the Divide. o2 10 feet. 51. Ii4 j inches, with water route:.! of 17 22. Compared with the f.eurcs for January, when first snowfall was recorded, re-corded, the pack virtually doubled. Mr. Walker : aid. a |