EKA 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=EKA&product=DGT]]> HNX 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Hanford CA 1000 PM PST Sat Jan 23 2021 ...EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA IN FRESNO COUNTY AND TULARE COUNTY... SYNOPSIS... The California Drought Monitor, released on January 14, 2021 showed an extreme drought classification of D3 in the Sierra foothills and higher elevations of Fresno County and Tulare County. This is a region that experienced a precipitation deficit of 12 to 20 inches during the past twelve months, which, as of this writing is a paltry 19 to 25 percent of normal. Additionally, snowfall was well below normal in the southern Sierra and the snowpack averaged only 30 percent of normal. From a historical climatological perspective, the 5 and 6 station index of accumulated precipitation for the 2020-21 season in the San Joaquin and Tulare Lake basin respectively is the driest yet in nearly a century of record keeping. CLIMATE SUMMARY... As of January 20th, the Southern Sierra 5-station precipitation index for the season which began July 1st, 2020, had a total of only 5.01 inches...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=HNX&product=DGT]]> LOX 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=LOX&product=DGT]]> MFR 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=MFR&product=DGT]]> MTR 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=MTR&product=DGT]]> PSR 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Phoenix AZ 445 AM MST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...Drought Improvement Stalls as a Dry Weather Pattern Returns... Synopsis... After a series of winter storms finally brought some minor drought relief to the region in January, a dry weather pattern has settled back into the region this February. Despite the recent lull in precipitation, snow cover through higher terrain locations of Arizona remains modest ranging from 40-80% of normal. Lower elevation rainfall totals in January were quite beneficial with parts of SW Arizona actually receiving around one third of their average annual rainfall in just a couple days. However most of the region received far lower totals, and overall benefits were rather muted. The rarest category of Exceptional Drought had retreated somewhat with the January weather systems and encompass the eastern half of Pinal County, southern part of Gila County, and a small piece of far southeast Maricopa County...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=PSR&product=DGT]]> REV 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=REV&product=DGT]]> SGX 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=SGX&product=DGT]]> STO 20210319 <![CDATA[NO DROUGHT STATEMENT AVAILABLE FOR THIS AREA.]]> <![CDATA[WHEN AVAILABLE, NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT CAN BE FOUND AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=STO&product=DGT]]> VEF 20210319 <![CDATA[ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 518 AM PDT WED MAR 3 2021 ...EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT... .SYNOPSIS: According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor from February 25, extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought continues to exist across a large swath of the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert. Small sliver of Severe (D2) drought is present across the western Mojave Desert of San Bernardino County in eastern California. .Precipitation: A few weather systems in late January and early February provided brief periods of precipitation across the area. Much of the better precipitation fell across the southern Sierra Nevada as snow. The precipitation that did fall has done little to our existing drought status and only marginally helped conditions across the southern Sierra Nevada. .SUMMARY OF IMPACTS: .Fire Weather: Dry fuels from the lack of Monsoon and Fall precipitation allowed the fire season to persist through the Fall and Winter...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=VEF&product=DGT]]>