Utah weather factors

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Utah weather factors 1. distance from
ocean 2. bounded by mountains 3. varied elevations
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HOW DO YOU OVERCOME GIANT TASKS?
FAITH HARD WORK KEEP GODS COMMANDMENTS
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If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my
commandments, and do them Then I will give you
rain in due season, and the land shall yield her
increase, and the trees of the field shall yield
their fruit.
Leviticus 26 3 - 4
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Winter
wettest season
Mountains
Park City
Winter
St. George
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Logan
wettest season
Salt Lake City
Spring
Fillmore
Cedar City
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wettest season
Vernal
Price
Spring
Fall
Moab
Bryce Cyn
Blanding
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Seattle to San Francisco
Most often
Biggest storms come from
San Francisco to San Diego
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Utah Geography
24 Mountains (over 20 precip.)

43 semi-arid (10 to 20 precip.)
33 (under 10 precip.)
Desert
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Reservoir sized so 1 year of normal precipitation
will give
2 years of needed storage
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DROUGHT
50 of normal precipitation will give 1 year
of normal use
25 of normal precipitation will give
1/2 year of normal use
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Jordan River Watershed
Great Salt Lake
Shallow Wells
Utah Lake
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Reverse Osmosis Plant
Picture of reverse osmosis plant
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250 shallowwells
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Reverse Osmosis plus UV removes
Salts Metals Viruses Bacteria Minerals Proteins
Asbestos Dyes Particulates
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Global Warming
FACT
In the last 100 years
The average temperature in Logan has increased by
1.4o F
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FACT
Utah 1931 to 1960 11.17 Utah 1971 to
2000 12.22 9
Warmer earth
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1925 to 2005 17 increase
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What is Utahs future?
Based on projections made by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and
results from the
United Kingdom Hadley Centres climate model
(HadCM2)
Source Climate Change and Utah, EPA, EPA
236-F-98-007z
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What is Utahs future?
BY 2100
Utah temperatures could increase by 4o to 5o F
Salt Lake from 5 days of 100 to 35 days of 100
(would be like Moab)
St. George from 61 days of 100 to 90 days of
100 (would be like Las Vegas)
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What is Utahs future?
BY 2100
Utah temperatures could increase by 4o to 5o F
Utah precipitation could increase by 15 to 25
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What is Utahs future?
Town current avg by
2100 change Bountiful 27.30 32.89
20 Blanding 13.27 15.89 20 Cedar
City 11.40 13.41 18 Delta 8.43
9.92 18 Fillmore 16.11 19.32
20 Kanab 14.94 18.01 21
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What is Utahs future?
Town current avg by
2100 change Logan 19.89 23.68
19 Moab 9.39 11.00 17 Ogden
18.42 22.09 20 Park City 21.46 25.77
20 Price 9.74 11.41
17 Provo 20.13 24.30 21
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What is Utahs future?
Town current avg by
2100 change Richfield 8.51 9.93
17 Salt Lake 16.50 19.74
20 St. George 8.77 10.67
22 Vernal 8.77 10.21
16 Alta 52.26 64.24 23
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Utah Weather-Water Summary

• Plan carefully
• Go forward in faith
• Be wise
• Work hard
• Be worthy of divine help