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Deseret News Coming storms won’t be able to lift state out of drought conditions Share this story Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY A Utah water supply briefing Tuesday delivered grim news amid the state’s growing drought conditions, and it is unlikely any coming storms will lift snowpack to even average for this water year. “We are in record dry conditions this year,” said Jordan Clayton with the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Utah Snow Survey. Clayton told water managers in a virtual meeting that there’s little chance 10% of boosting snowpack in any significant way, given that precipitation for the water year that began Oct. 1 is sitting at 62% of average across the state. ....
SALT LAKE CITY A Utah water supply briefing Tuesday delivered grim news amid the state s growing drought conditions, and it is unlikely any coming storms will lift snowpack to even average for this water year. We are in record dry conditions this year, said Jordan Clayton with the Natural Resources Conservation Service s Utah Snow Survey. Clayton told water managers in a virtual meeting that there s little chance 10% of boosting snowpack in any significant way, given that precipitation for the water year that began Oct. 1 is sitting at 62% of average across the state. Even if storms delivered and we hit that jackpot and get that excellent snowpack that only has a 10% chance of occurring, we d still only be at 75 to 80% for our snow water equivalent, Clayton said. ....
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Tanzi Propst/Park Record Parkites probably don’t need data to know that the area is in a drought they see closed ski runs, bare hills in Round Valley or the gouges in the bases of their skis from rocks that should be submerged this time of year. But the numbers reveal just how bad the problem is. A hot, dry drought started last April and has reached historic levels, said Glen Merrill, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City who also manages the hydrology program. “90% of the state is in extreme drought and 68% of the state is in exceptional drought, which is the highest drought level,” Merrill said. “… 95% of the time we have more snowpack than we do this year.” ....
Experts say Utah s snowpack is 55% of normal Most of Utah is seeing below-average snowpack for this time of the year, which could create major challenges for the state as it continues to deal with a multi-year drought. and last updated 2021-01-11 20:51:53-05 SALT LAKE CITY â Most of Utah is seeing below-average snowpack for this time of the year, which could create major challenges for the state as it continues to deal with a multi-year drought. Statewide, we re at about 55 percent of normal for our snowpack right now, said Jordan Clayton, supervisor for the Utah Snow Survey. Which is obviously well below what we want to see. ....