By Monica Sheffield
Students were wet but grateful yesterday as Provo received nearly an inch of needed rain.
'We''ve been fasting and praying for it,' said Casey Crosbey, 24, an animal science major from Cowley, Whyoming. It''s nice to get some finally.'
Dr. Don Morgan, retired geography and climatology professor at BYU, said that the end of the drought could be in sight.
'Because the soil has been so dry over the last few years, a lot of the snow that fell soaked into the soil,' said Morgan. 'This creates less moisture run-off when the snow melts.'
Less moisture run-off is a main contributor to the drought.
Morgan says the soil moisture is already around five inches in some areas. Thus more snow will be able to pack on the ground this winter-creating more run-off.
'And run-off moisture is just what we want to have.' Morgan said.
Rains are likely to continue until this Saturday.
'The system right now is rather slow moving, so that''s why the rain will continue all until the weekend,' Morgan said.
Meanwhile students will continue braving the rain with umbrellas and expired Daily Universes.
'It''s been my experience that people don''t melt in the rain, said Crosby''s brother, Chris, 23, also an animal science major. 'We really need it.'