Click the link to read the article on The Deseret News website (Amy Joi O’Donoghue). Here’s an excerpt:
“We’re close to normal for this time of year from a precipitation perspective. We are encouraged by the snow that we’re already getting. It looks like the pattern going into next week also looks wet,” said Jordan Clayton, supervisor of the Utah Snow Survey with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Snow totals may look extraordinarily optimistic in the various basins, but they are skewed because of how early in the season it is, Clayton said…In fact, the latest statewide assessment by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that 51.2% of the state remains in extreme drought, while 100% is abnormally dry. With that said, Clayton again warned that an active stormy October does not mean a good water year.