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SALT LAKE CITY -- Though some Utahns are cursing this cold, wet spring, it has made a big difference in the water we're storing up for later on in our reservoirs.
In early March, the state's snowpack was looking rather dismal. But storm cycles in March, April and now May have turned things around.
In fact, one-third of the state's current snowpack is due to those storms.
"This cool, wet weather -- even though people really don't want to see this right now -- has improved our water supply numbers from maybe 60 percent of normal ... somewhere up to about 80 percent of normal," says Brian McInerney, hydrologist with the National Weather Service.
McInerney says it's unusual that some reservoirs are already topping off even before the bulk of the runoff has started.
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