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Show Prospects Bright For Water Supply Snow Cover Above Average February Is': Snow cover continues to be unusually deep in Ephraim Can-yon. Can-yon. The following measurements measure-ments taken on February 3 by-Howard by-Howard W. Lull and Paul E. Hansen of the Great Basin Research Re-search Center show that depths , and water content at the three climatic stations are considerably consider-ably above the 5-year average, j Oaks Station, 1655 feet, Oak-1 brush zone, snow depth in 1947 ! is 29 inches with 6.8 inches wa- j ter content. The average 1942-47 1942-47 snow depth is 18 inches with a water content of 3.3 inches' for the Oaks Station. Great Basin Station, 8850 feet, j aspen zone, the snow depth was 42 inches with a water content con-tent of 10.8 inches. The 1942-47 1942-47 average was 31 inches snow depth and 7.1 inches water content con-tent for this same station. Meadows Station, 9860 feet, Subalpine zone, the snow depth was 63 inches with a water content con-tent of 18.7 inches. The snow depth for this station for the 1942 and 1947 average was 45 inches with a water content of 11.00 inches. January precipitation was slightly greater than normal at the Oaks and Great Basin Station, while at the higher Meadows Station precipitation was below normal. The 5-year average at these stations up the mountain is 1.4, 2.2. and 2.8 inches compared to 1.9, 2.7, and 1.2 for January 1947. Proportionately Propor-tionately more of the January precipitation has fallen in the lower elevations than in years , past. If precipitation for Feb ruary and March are near nor-! nor-! mal runoff should be good. The lowest temperature recorded re-corded for January was 17 degrees de-grees below zero at the Great Basin Station and 26 degrees below zero at the Meadows Station. |