This week's storms have boosted Utah's statewide snowpack up to a level not seen since a run in the early 1980s.
SALT LAKE CITY — Ronald Reagan was president, "Ghostbusters" reigned supreme at the box office, and Prince's "When Doves Cry" topped the charts in 1984.boosted Utah's statewide snowpack up to 25.1 inches of snow water equivalent by Wednesday, according to Natural Resources Conservation Service data. It's only the fourth time Utah's snowpack has reached at least 25 inches since modern records began in 1980, and the first time in 39 years since it reached 25.
Meanwhile, as the snow continues to pile up in the mountains this week, Utah water managers are still preparing for when it melts, sending all that water into the rivers and streams that flow in the state's lakes and reservoirs. The Utah Division of Water Resources provided an update on the conditions Tuesday as a part of the agency's regular drought updates.
Candice Hasenyager, the division's director, reiterated that water managers are hoping for a "gradual melt" in the coming weeks and months so that rivers and streams aren't overwhelmed and flooding isn't a severe problem. Experts say that gradual melt happened in 2011, the last time Utah's snowpack reached at least 24 inches, and it reduced the severity of the flooding that year.
The storms have already improved Utah's statewide reservoirs, which jumped from 42.5% of capacity at the beginning of the water year on Oct. 1 to 55.1% as of Wednesday, according to the division's data. The current figure is now above where reservoir water levels were at this point last year and only 6 percentage points below the normal levels for late March.
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