Some additional showers are expected on Wednesday however, temperatures are expected to warm up a little bit from the highs in the mid-60s over the past few days. ![]() KSL meteorologist Matt Johnson said another low-pressure system off the Pacific Coast is expected to cross through Utah, bringing more scattered showers and thunderstorms across the northern half of the state Monday afternoon into the evening. Southwestern Utah is also down to 9.1 inches, melting 19.5 inches over the past month. For example, more than three-fourths of the Escalante-Paria basin's 19.1 inches have melted since April 7. Meanwhile, basins in southern Utah are getting near the end of their spring runoff periods. The Weber-Ogden (30.4 inches) and the Provo-Utah Lake-Jordan (27.5 inches) snowpack basins currently hold the most water among the state's basins. Most of the remaining snowpack is in northern Utah. It melted at a rate of 0.17 inches over the weekend. The agency notes that 7.8 inches of the statewide figure melted between April 25 and Friday, or about 0.7 inches per day over that stretch. This means about 60% of this year's record snowpack is still in the mountains, waiting to melt into the state's creeks, rivers and streams.Ī low-pressure system that passed through the state just before the weekend did slow down the snowmelt's torrid pace. Utah’s snowmelt so farĪbout 18.3 inches of snowpack remained in Utah's statewide total Monday morning, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service data. The alert for the Little Bear River continues through at least Friday afternoon, while the lower Weber River alert remains in place until further notice. The agency advises that excessive runoff could lead to more flooding in areas close to the Little Bear River below Hyrum Reservoir, as well near the lower Weber River by Plain City. Minor flooding is expected to impact fields and any low-lying structures by the river.įlood watches are also in place for the Cache Valley and the northern part of the Wasatch Front.
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