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Show Snow Coverage, Water Content Figures Released Thomas A. Walker, Superintendent Superintend-ent of Timpanogos Cave National Monument released a piece of good news for fanners and city officials offic-ials of the North Utah County area Thursday. Snow coverage and water content of the American Fork canyon watershed is above normal for this time of year. Mr. Walker stated. He sounded a warning however, regarding the possibility of spring floods, due to the high water content con-tent of the snow in the lower elevations. ele-vations. At Timpanogos Cave, where only a trace of snow covered cover-ed the ground on March 1, of last year, there is now 19.5 inches of snow with a water content of 6.3 inches. A lot will depend upon the weather conditions from here on out, he said. Figures released by Mr. Walker for the survey completed on March 1, are as follows: The first figures are for 1955, the second for 1954 and the third for the all-time average. av-erage. All measurements are listed in inches. Timpanogos Cave: Snow coverage cover-age 19.5, trace, and 11.0. Water content 6.3, trace, and 3.6. South Fork: Snow coverage 27.6, 15.0, and 23.3. Water content 9.1, 5.0, and 7.9. Altamount: Snow coverage 53.6, 41.1, and 23.3. Water content 17.6, 14.2, and 16.5. Timpanogos Divide: Snow coverage cover-age 73.9, 66.5, and 66.0. Water content 23.1, 23.4, and 22.9. Mr. Walker's report showed an interesting fact which shows extent ex-tent of precipitation during February Feb-ruary of this year. On February 1, there were only 15.6 inches of water c'ontent at Timpanogos Divide. Di-vide. This has increased to 23.-by 23.-by March 1, an increase of 7.5 inches for the month. |