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The Great Salt Lake has already reached what’s expected to be the height of its yearly cycle after the state’s warmest winter on record, state officials said Tuesday. And they expect May and June to make matters worse by bringing hotter weather than normal. The prognosis was one of several that water managers pointed out Tuesday at a news conference as they previewed Utah’s grim water outlook for the months ahead, with most of the state already in severe drought. “We are truly in uncharted territory,” said Joel Ferry, executive director of the Utah Department of Natural ...