September weather will make or break Utah’s water prospects; forecasters aren’t optimistic

Utah’s water reserves are still holding up thanks to last winter’s spectacular snowpack, but if September continues the more recent trend, the state could start losing ground.Annual precipitation totals — meteorologists begin the water year in October — remain within normal ranges in Utah, according to the monthly Climate and Water Report from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.But that’s only due to ample snowpack that fell over the winter. The past few mon