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Show Downpour Ends Weather Week As Cold Comes After being- stingy all summer, . Old Jupiter Pluvius really opened open-ed all the faucets Saturday, Sunday Sun-day and Monday. By 6:00 p.m. Monday evening more than, an inch and one-half of rain had drenched the Pleasant Grove area in the best sod soaker experienced for many a moon: In addition to this, forecasters said the rains might ease up but would return by Thursday or Friday. Fri-day. When the clouds lifted slightly late Monday afternoon, snow reaching rea-ching almost to the foothills covered cov-ered the eastern watersheds. Observers Ob-servers at Alta ski resort reported report-ed more than a foot on the ground and snow still' falling. ' The thermometer also took a decided plunge from a high of 83 on Friday to a low of 34 early Sunday morning. When the skies finally clear, forecasters predict frost in Utah Valley. After partially clearing Monday Mon-day night, the rain storm had resumed re-sumed when this report was written writ-ten early Tuesday morning. Statistics for the week ending Monday, October 10, 1960. Date High Low Pre. October 4 80 40 0.00 October 5 80 40 0.00 October 6 80 43 0.00 October 7 83 54 0.00 Ootober 8 67 49 0.14 October 9 47 34 0.70 October 10 53 36 0.74 Summary Highest for the week, 83 degrees on Ootober 7. Lowest 34 degrees on October 9. Precipitation for the week, 1.58 inches. Total since January 1, 10.54 Inches. (Sun rises at 7 :05 a.m. Stin sets at 6:00 pjn. |