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

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Aug 2, 2021
9:08:36am

Oatmeal Contributor

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

Years of deep snow is what we need.

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Oatmeal

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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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