![]() 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. Sevier River (near Hatch, Garfield County): The river's flow is expected to remain close to or above flood stage through at least mid-May.Moderate flooding is possible if the river reaches 1,599 cubic feet per second. Minor flooding is expected to impact any low-lying areas near the banks of south fork of the Ogden River below Causey Reservoir through the town of Huntsville. Ogden River (south fork near Huntsville): The river is forecast to rise above the flood stage (992 cubic feet per second) at times over the next few days, with a possible peak of 1,316 cubic feet per second by late Thursday morning.The high waters are expected to impact agricultural areas and low-lying roadways by the river in both sections of the warning. Bear River (below Woodruff Narrows Reservoir in Wyoming to Rich County, Utah also between Cutler Dam in Cache County to the Great Salt Lake): The river is forecast to be near or above its flood stage at both locations for the "foreseeable future," and the warning will remain in place until further notice.While that reduced some flood threats, three flood warnings remain in place Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Utah's spring snowmelt slowed down a bit over the weekend, as scattered showers and cooler temperatures impacted the state.
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