Snowpack totals are in a ‘comfortable spot’ for northern Utah
Utah’s outdoors is looking pretty, especially for people in the water business. “Things have improved a lot since the end of January,” said Laura Haskell, drought coordinator for the Utah Division of Water Resources. She says all that snow northern Utah finally got the past few weeks put us in a comfortable spot. “We are right about where we should be for snowpack. Right about average, typical for this time of year,” she said. That snow is equal to about 8 inches of water on average. Haskell hopes it gets to 16 inches of snow water equivalent by the first of April when the snowpack typically peaks. It will only add to reservoirs, which are already at about 80% full in northern Utah thanks to last winter.