{"WFO":{"32":"EKA","51":"HNX","69":"LOX","77":"MFR","86":"MTR","98":"PSR","101":"REV","106":"SGX","111":"STO","118":"VEF"},"DATE":{"32":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","51":"1000 PM PST Sat Jan 23 2021","69":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","77":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","86":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","98":"300 PM MST Sat Mar 20 2021","101":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","106":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","111":"600 AM EST Mon Mar 22 2021","118":"518 AM PDT WED MAR 3 2021"},"DGT":{"32":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","51":"000\nAXUS76 KHNX 240606 CCA\nDGTHNX\nCAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-241200-\n\nDrought Information Statement\nNational Weather Service Hanford CA\n1000 PM PST Sat Jan 23 2021\n\n...EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER\nELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA IN FRESNO COUNTY AND TULARE COUNTY...\n\nSYNOPSIS...\n\nThe California Drought Monitor, released on January 14, 2021 showed\nan extreme drought classification of D3 in the Sierra foothills and\nhigher elevations of Fresno County and Tulare County. This is a\nregion that experienced a precipitation deficit of 12 to 20 inches\nduring the past twelve months, which, as of this writing is a paltry\n19 to 25 percent of normal. Additionally, snowfall was well below\nnormal in the southern Sierra and the snowpack averaged only 30\npercent of normal. From a historical climatological perspective, the\n5 and 6 station index of accumulated precipitation for the 2020-21\nseason in the San Joaquin and Tulare Lake basin respectively is the\ndriest yet in nearly a century of record keeping.\n\n\nCLIMATE SUMMARY...\n\nAs of January 20th, the Southern Sierra 5-station precipitation\nindex for the season which began July 1st, 2020, had a total of only\n5.01 inches. This was a precipitation deficit of 14.63 inches, and\nwas only 25 percent of normal.\n\nAs of January 20th, the Tulare Lake 6-station precipitation index\nfor the season which began July 1st, 2020, had a total of only 2.62\ninches.  This was a precipitation deficit of 11.21 inches, and was\nonly 19 percent of normal.\n\n\nHYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...\n\nCentral California`s wet season, which traditionally begins October\n1st, has been exceptionally dry, especially north of Kern County.\nFortunately, the Climate Prediction Center forecasts above normal\nprecipitation for the central California interior through the end of\nJanuary. However, the longer term outlook looks grim for the rest of\nthe Winter through the Spring with a forecast that favors below\nnormal precipitation. Fortunately, water supply managers throughout\ncentral California, in anticipation of a drier than normal season,\nare keeping an adequate amount of water in many of the reservoirs.\n\nAdditionally, NOAA`s Climate Prediction Center forecasts La Nina\nconditions to continue through March, 2021 with a potential\ntransition to ENSO neutral for the period from April through June.\n(ENSO stands for El Nino-Southern Oscillation)\n\nA La Nina is characterized by below normal sea surface temperatures\nover the equatorial regions of the Pacific Ocean. Historically, a\nmajority of Winters in a La Nina pattern are drier than normal in\ncentral California with few exceptions.\n\nDrought Information Statements will be issued biweekly or more\nfrequently, if necessary, from the National Weather Service in\nHanford, CA while any portion of the central California interior is\nin Extreme Drought Classification (D3 status) or whenever any\nchanges to drought status or impacts occur within NWS Hanford`s\ncounty warning area.\n\n&&\n\nRelated websites...\nCalifornia Data Exchange Center:\nhttp:\/\/cdec.water.ca.gov\/\nCalifornia-Nevada River Forecast Center:\nhttp:\/\/www.cnrfc.noaa.gov\/\nDrought Monitor:\nhttp:\/\/drought.unl.edu\/dm\/monitor.html\nCalifornia Drought Page:\nhttp:\/\/watersupplyconditions.water.ca.gov\/\nClimate Prediction Center:\nhttp:\/\/www.cpc.noaa.gov\/index.php\nNational Weather Service Hanford:\nhttp:\/\/www.wrh.noaa.gov\/hnx\/\nWestern Region Climate Center:\nhttp:\/\/www.wrcc.dri.edu\n\n\nAcknowledgements...\n\nClimate Prediction Center Drought Monitor\nWestern Region Climate\nCenter California-Nevada River Forecast Center\nNational Weather Service San Joaquin Valley - Hanford\nCalifornia Department of Water Resources\n\nQuestions and comments: Please refer all questions to\nW-hnx.webmaster@noaa.gov\n\n$$\n\nDurfee","69":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","77":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","86":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","98":"000\nAXUS75 KPSR 202201\nDGTPSR\n\nDrought Information Statement\nNational Weather Service Phoenix AZ\n300 PM MST Sat Mar 20 2021\n\n...Drought Maintains Intensity as Light Rain and Snow Offer Only\nLittle Help...\n\nSynopsis...\n\nAfter a series of winter storms finally brought some minor drought\nrelief to the region in January, a drier weather pattern has settled\nback into the region the past couple months. Lower elevation\nrainfall totals in January were quite beneficial with parts of SW\nArizona actually receiving around one third of their average annual\nrainfall in just a couple days. However most of the region received\nfar lower totals, and overall benefits were rather muted.\nPrecipitation over the past two months has been spotty and not\nsufficient to help drought conditions.\n\nExceptional Drought has maintained its hold on the eastern half of\nPinal County, southern part of Gila County, and a small piece of far\nsoutheast Maricopa County. Extreme Drought covers the remainder of\nwestern Pinal County, much of Maricopa County, and most of La Paz\ncounties, as a well as far northeast Riverside County. Severe\nDrought covers a small part far southwest Maricopa County, northern\nYuma, southern La Paz, and much of central Riverside counties.\nModerate Drought covers much of southern Yuma and Imperial counties.\nOnly a very small part of far southern Yuma County aligns in\nAbnormally Dry territory. Severe, Extreme, and Exceptional Drought\nnow covers about 95% of Arizona as compared to 7% of the state at\nthe beginning of June 2020.\n\nLa Nina has peaked in the tropical Pacific with sea surface\ntemperatures moderating closer to average. Models suggest a gradual\ntransition towards a neutral state by early summer as the general La\nNina circulation pattern only slowly modifies. A prolonged dry\nperiod, typical in the Southwest during La Nina winters, was broken\nduring the middle of January. However, the prevailing dry La Nina\npattern has returned the past couple months. The Southwest now heads\ninto a typically dry spring period where many locations receive only\nlight precipitation in a typical year; and these locations may need\nto wait until the summer monsoon for realistic drought improvement.\n\n\nSummary of Impacts...\n\nRangeland and pasture conditions remain mostly in a poor to very\npoor condition. 89% of the state pasture land rated as poor to very\npoor compared to just 13% at this time last March, and the 5-year\naverage of 24%. January rainfall aided topsoil moisture somewhat,\nhowever recent dry weather has negated this effect. Forage area\nremains depleted and timely rainfall will be needed in April to spur\nspring growth. Reports continue to indicate many stock ponds low or\nempty requiring water hauling. Thus far, ranchers have experienced\nthe worst impacts from this extreme and exceptional drought.\n\nWildfires were a tremendous problem in Arizona last year with over\n959,000 acres burned in the state - almost double the previous 2\nyears combined. Cooler and wetter weather earlier in the winter\ntemporarily relaxed the greater fire danger with better fuel\nmoisture values. However, the underlying dry fuels are beginning to\nreturn as long term drought persists and warmer, drier spring\nweather returns. Thus, it will be inevitable that a heightened\nwildfire threat will resume later this spring with the return of\neven warm temperatures.\n\n\nClimate Summary...\n\nAutumn and early winter precipitation totals were quite dismal\nacross the region, however winter storms in January made up some of\nthe deficit. Many locations are still lagging well behind normal\nsince the beginning of the Water Year (Oct 1st), so more storm\nsystems will be needed before heading into the drier spring season.\nTotals and rankings are given below (please note some stations have\na limited historical record and rankings may not be as significant).\n\n                  Since    Since    Dept     Percent     Rank\n                  Oct 1    Oct 1    from    of Normal   Driest\n                  2020     Normal   Normal\n\nPhoenix AZ        1.50      4.40    -3.10       33       14th\nScottsdale AZ     2.07      6.04    -3.97       34        N\/A\nGlobe AZ          3.98      8.69    -4.71       46        N\/A\nYuma AZ           1.51      1.91    -0.40       79       70th\nBlythe CA         0.88      2.35    -1.47       37       26th\nTucson AZ         1.42      4.65    -3.23       31        7th\nFlagstaff AZ       7.75     10.83    -3.08       72       46th\n\n\nPrecipitation\/Temperature Outlook...\n\nThe approximate probability values for above, below, or near normal\ntemperatures and precipitation for April and the 3-month period\nApril-May-June are given below and valid for Southeast California\nand Southwest and South-central Arizona. These probabilities are\nderived from outlooks issued by the Climate Prediction Center and\nare accessible through their website listed below. The temperature\noutlook corresponds to the average temperature during the period,\nwhile the precipitation outlook comprises the total precipitation\nover the period.\n\nTemperatures have a much better chance of being above normal during\nthe month of April, as well as the 3-month period of April through\nJune. Precipitation totals have about an equal chance of falling\nabove, below, or near average in April, as well as during the April\nthrough June period.\n\n                               Temperature        Precipitation\n                               Probability         Probability\n                             Above\/Near\/Below    Above\/Near\/Below\n                                 Normal              Normal\n\nApril 2021..................   52 \/ 33 \/ 15        33 \/ 34 \/ 33\nApr-May-Jun 2021............   55 \/ 30 \/ 15        33 \/ 34 \/ 33\n\n\nHydrologic Summary and Outlook...\n\nDry weather during the fall and early winter has only been a minor\ndetriment on the Salt and Verde systems with record low inflows\nrecorded. However, excellent winter precipitation the past 2 years\nleaves the system in very good shape. Snowfall so far this winter\nwill be beneficial later in the spring runoff season, although snow\nin most basins is still lagging below normal. The extended period of\nbelow average precipitation and recrod warmth since last summer has\nlessened soil moisture and could negatively affect spring runoff.\n\n                   03\/19\/2021     03\/19\/2020      03\/19\/2019\n                    ---------      ---------       ---------\nRoosevelt             81              91              66\nHorse Mesa            94              98              98\nMormon Flat           94              97              97\nStewart Mtn           92              97              95\nTotal Salt            83              92              72\n\nHorseshoe              4              96              97\nBartlett              47              96              99\n Total Verde          31              96              99\n\n Total System         76              92              75\n\n\nNext Issuance Date...\n\nThe next issuance of this Drought Information Statement will occur\naround April 20th.\n\n&&\n\nRelated Websites:\n\nAdditional information is available at the following locations:\n\nNWS Forecast Office Phoenix: weather.gov\/Phoenix\nNational Integrated Drought Information System: drought.gov\nUS Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu\nClimate Prediction Center: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\nArizona State Climate Office: azclimate.asu.edu\nArizona Dept of Water Resources: new.azwater.gov\/drought\nWestern Regional Climate Center: wrcc.dri.edu\nUS Geological Survey: water.usgs.gov\n\nAcknowledgement:\n\nInformation included in this statement was compiled from various\nfederal, state, and local agencies.\n\nQuestions or Comments:\n\nNational Weather Service Phoenix\nE-mail: w-psr.webmaster@noaa.gov","101":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","106":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","111":"No drought statement available for this WFO.","118":"635\nAXUS75 KVEF 031319\nDGTVEF\n\nDROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV\n518 AM PDT WED MAR 3 2021\n\n...EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF\nTHE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT...\n\n.SYNOPSIS:\n\nAccording to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor from February 25,\nextreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought continues to exist across\na large swath of the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert.\nSmall sliver of Severe (D2) drought is present across the western\nMojave Desert of San Bernardino County in eastern California.\n\n.Precipitation:\n\nA few weather systems in late January and early February provided\nbrief periods of precipitation across the area. Much of the better\nprecipitation fell across the southern Sierra Nevada as snow. The\nprecipitation that did fall has done little to our existing drought\nstatus and only marginally helped conditions across the southern\nSierra Nevada.\n\n.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:\n\n.Fire Weather:\n\nDry fuels from the lack of Monsoon and Fall precipitation allowed\nthe fire season to persist through the Fall and Winter. The Significant\nFire Weather Outlook calls for the threat of large fires to increase\nacross Arizona in April, then spread westward into southern Nevada\nand eastern California in May and June.\n\n.Agricultural:\n\nThe lack of precipitation contributed to extremely poor grazing for\nlivestock on open rangeland. Water hauls are needed since man-made\ntanks that typically capture runoff from precipitation have gone\ndry.\n\nWildlife: WildCare Eastern Sierra has remained busy with wildlife\nrehabilitation due to prolonged heat and drought resulting in less\nprey species from birds of prey. Also, heavy smoke from wildfires\ncould have thrown off some birds migration with several young\nAmerican White Pelicans, Common Loons and an Eared Grebe off course\nlanding on parking lots, roadsides, and in swimming pools. (Sierra\nWaves Media)\n\n.Hydrology:\n\nWater Supply forecast for April-July 2021 for the Colorado Basin, as\nwell as the Owens River Basin are forecast to be below normal. Any\nthreat of flooding from runoff is low.\n\n.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK:\n\nFor March 8 to March 12, temperatures look to be below\nnormal while precipitation may be near to slightly above normal.\n\nThe 8 to 14 day outlook, for March 10 to March 16, calls for\nbelow normal temperatures and near normal precipitation.\n\nThe Three-Month outlook for April-June, indicates above normal\ntemperatures and below normal precipitation. This means drought\nconditions will likely persist for the foreseeable future.\n\nNEXT ISSUANCE DATE:\n\nThis product will be updated around Thursday, March 18, or sooner\nif drought conditions change significantly.\n\nRELATED WEB SITES:\n\nAdditional information on current drought conditions may be found at\nthe following sites:\n\nU.S. Drought Monitor: https:\/\/www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/\nU.S. Drought Portal: https:\/\/drought.gov\/\nClimate Prediction Center (CPC): https:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/\nWestern Region Climate Center: https:\/\/wrcc.dri.edu\/\nArizona State Climate Office: https:\/\/azclimate.asu.edu\/\n\nAdditional water and river information:\nNWS: https:\/\/water.weather.gov\/\nColorado Basin River Forecast Center: www.cbrfc.noaa.gov\/\nCalifornia-Nevada River Forecast Center: www.cnrfc.noaa.gov\/\nU.S. Geologic Survey (USGS): https:\/\/water.usgs.gov\/\nU.S Bureau of Reclamation (USBR): https:\/\/www.usbr.gov\/\n\n.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:\n\nThe U.S Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort involving NOAA`s\nNational Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental\nInformation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), state and\nregional climatologists, and the National Drought Mitigation Center.\nInformation for this statement was gathered from NWS and Federal\nAviation Administration (FAA) observation sites, USGS and USBR.\n\n.CONTACT INFORMATION:\n\nNational Weather Service, Las Vegas NV\n7851 Dean Martin Dr.\nLas Vegas, NV 89139\nEmail: w-vef.webmaster@noaa.gov\n\n$$"}}