Actually, most Utah reservoirs can go from very low to capacity in a year or two of normal winter snowfall.

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Aug 2, 2021
12:36:08am

Brisco All-American

Actually, most Utah reservoirs can go from very low to capacity in a year or two of normal winter snowfall.

Lake Powell will always be the exception since downstream demand is so heavy and unrelenting.

Deer Creek Reservoir could easily fill next spring with normal winter snowfall and without releasing extra water from Jordanelle Reservoir (which also receives its water from the Provo River).

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The related thread I provide precipitation data from July for 2021, 2020, and normal. But if you want to look yourself

CSoul Intervention Needed

8/1/21 10:59pm

There were two days last month in Phoenix where they got more rain than last

Covid-19

8/1/21 11:01pm

And the news just reports Salt Lake Airport precipitation data, which just happened to be a bubble of little

CSoul

8/1/21 11:03pm

They aren't lazy, they want to spread doom since it drives clicks/viewership

Covid-19

8/1/21 11:05pm

I think it's both. I'm pretty confident they don't even know where to look for good overall data on it.

CSoul

8/1/21 11:06pm

It didn't rain here in Saratoga. Light drizzle only and not long.

8/1/21 11:10pm

That's again why rain data from just one station is not really helpful. The news always does this.

CSoul

8/1/21 11:15pm

The news might but the state is tracking totals.Measuring reservoirs,canals,

8/1/21 11:19pm

Our reservoir levels are the result of years of previous drought. My whole point is that July 2021 was fine.

CSoul

8/1/21 11:21pm

Oic. Yes we need excess though to make up for years., not just better than poor

8/1/21 11:28pm

We sometimes love to ignore prayed for blessings when they are happening. (IE rain and vaccines).

Rhino84

8/1/21 11:43pm

Actually, most Utah reservoirs can go from very low to capacity in a year or two of normal winter snowfall.

Brisco

8/2/21 12:36am

Rain does not fill the reservoirs. Snow pack does that. Rain is a bonus. 2-3

Oatmeal

8/2/21 9:08am

We got about an inch in Vineyard

Johsco

8/1/21 11:12pm

Moisture*

Heath Squashwell

8/1/21 11:26pm

Well, when you don’t have it you talk about it. And it’s a far more applicable word than rain.

Brisco

8/2/21 12:53am

We are actually getting monsoonal moisture this Summer….locations of high pressures have helped pull it north

Bonoman

8/1/21 11:56pm

Yeah, but even an average July or August is crappy. It’s not unusual for one of the summer months in Utah to receive...

Brisco

8/2/21 12:47am

You seem committed to put a negative spin on this. Reservoir levels aren't the only thing to look at

CSoul

8/2/21 12:49am

I would argue that I’m putting a positive spin on things. I’m saying a bad August is not a big deal.

Brisco

8/2/21 1:21am

Funny,it seemed like we started out with so many avalanche reports etc. you would have thought we had a huge snowpack.

Rhino84

8/2/21 12:52am

Utah has had 2x it’s average annual avalanche fatalities in 2021, and we still have December coming up.

Brisco

8/2/21 1:35am

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