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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's snowpack is in very good shape in the north and is improving but still way behind in the south.
Federal hydrologist Ray Wilson says the Virgin River region had 39 percent of normal a week ago, but the recent snowstorms raised it to 55 percent.
Wilson says people in the south who are without reservoir storage may see some water shortages this year.
Reservoir storage throughout the state is generally excellent, but Bear Lake is unlikely to fill this year, even though the snowpack on the Bear River's tributaries is 124 percent of typical.
Snowpack figures include 114 percent of normal on the Weber and Ogden rivers, 107 percent along the Duchesne River drainage, 111 percent on the Dirty Devil River near Hanksville and 122 percent in the Provo River-Utah Lake-Jordan River region.
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