Semptember in like a lion / Top of Utah got wind and rain, and even a little snow
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Standard-Examiner Staff
OGDEN -- The holiday weekend storms seemed to be making up for a summer dry spell in the Top of Utah.
Gene Vancor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City, said Monday the storm dropped almost as much precipitation across the Top of Utah as fell for the whole summer and much more than was received in the last two months.
Vancor said as an example, South Ogden received 1.39 inches of precipitation in June, .09 inches in July and less than a quarter of an inch for August. As of noon Monday, the storm had left 1.15 inches of rain in South Ogden. Other areas had similar amounts, he said.
"You almost got as much as in the last three months, just about a half inch short," he said.
Monday morning's untimely wind and rain showers put a damper on Hooper's annual Tomato Days activities.
"It killed it almost," said Chairman Richard Hull. "This morning, (when) we started out, it was cold and breezy and a little bit of rain. All of our commercial booths were pretty much set up."
But then when the storm hit, Hull said, more than half of the booth-renters went home.
While indoor events did not seem affected, Hull said many outdoor festivities were canceled before the afternoon sun brought people back to the park.
"We estimate that we normally have 9,000 to 10,000 people that come through here," he said. "There are probably going to be about a third of that, maybe a little more."
Only 15 Rocky Mountain Power customers in Ogden remained without electricity Monday evening as a result of the weekend storm front that produced heavy rains and high winds.
At the peak of the outage Sunday night, 13,400 Ogden- and Clinton-area customers were in the dark, said Jeff Hymas, a spokesman with Rocky Mountain Power.
They were among about 23,000 Rocky Mountain Power customers statewide who lost service due to the storm that brought winds as high as 77 mph in West Warren.
"The storm caused a lot of damage," said Hymas, who expected all affected area customers to have power restored by Monday night.
The storm was caused by a convergence of unusually cold air from the Pacific Northwest and substantial moisture from Arizona, said Colby Neuman, also a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Snow was reported Monday at Summit Park, Kimball Junction, Coalville and Evanston, Wyo.
Lows of around 40 degrees were expected in the Ogden area Monday night and frost was possible in Cache Valley, he said.
Heavy precipitation and the threat of frigid temperatures didn't faze area farmers.
Ralph Nielson, who has a 110-acre peach orchard in Perry, said he welcomes the moisture, adding pickers were able to resume work at his farm when weather improved Monday afternoon.
"We got a lot of rain," he said. "That always helps."
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You would think someone who writes for a living could spell! It's September. NOT, SEMPTEMBER! LOL