Today marks the beginning of meteorological summer, and there's still plenty of snow left to melt — a lot more than usual at this point of the year — at least in some parts of Utah.
It's why some local officials are still preaching caution by creeks, streams and rivers for the next few weeks and months, even as the risk of flood-related property damage is slowly subsiding.
Almost all of what's left to melt now are in areas of elevations above about 9,000 feet, says Glen Merrill, meteorologist and hydrologist for the National Weather Service. As for the northern half of the state, nearly all of its basins also hold snowpack levels that are well above normal for the start of meteorological summer:3.9 inches But those averages also take into account snowpack areas below 9,000 feet. Most high-level sites still have levels well above their current snowpack basin averages. For example, Snowbird still has 33.5 inches of snowpack left to melt into Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Emigration Creek caused the only real major flooding concern in the city this year, as a large piece of metal clogged a culvert and rBig Cottonwood Creek is expected to reach its peak streamflow next week, and Little Cottonwood Creek is expected to peak the week after that, according to Wilson.so it could prepare for any possible damage because of this and other streams fueled by high-elevation snowmelt.
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