CYS 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 400 AM MST Sun Mar 7 2021 ...Cold temperatures and widespread precipitation improved the severe and extreme drought conditions for some areas... .SYNOPSIS... An anonomously cold airmass with its origin over northern Canada plunged south into the region on February 10 and lingered into the third week. There were several days with record low high temperatures in the single digits above and below zero. Record minimum temperatures were recorded at several locations. Sidney, Nebraska established its all-time coldest minimum temperature for February 14 and the month with -31 degrees. The Arctic cold was accompanied by a series of low pressure systems. One slow moving system produced moderate to heavy snow February 12-14. Scottsbluff, Nebraska set a record 24-hour snowfall of 9.2 inches on February 14, and 15.4 inches over a three-day period...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=CYS&product=DGT]]> FSD 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=FSD&product=DGT]]> GID 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=GID&product=DGT]]> GLD 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Goodland KS 600 PM MST Fri Mar 5 2021 /700 PM CST Fri Mar 5 2021/ ...Extreme Drought Persists Across Most of the Area... SYNOPSIS... .SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... Drought conditions remained unchanged across the area in February. Extreme drought covers all but a handful of counties in the Tri State area, extending from northeast Colorado into all of southwest Nebraska and most of northwest Kansas. Agricultural impacts continue with topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies rated short to very short in 40 to 50 percent of reporting counties and winter wheat rated poor to very poor in about 30 percent of reporting counties. Wildfires also continue to be a concern on dry and windy days. The latest drought monitor was issued on March 4, 2021. Drought intensity is rated on a scale from D0 (abnormally dry) to D4 (exceptional). EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT (D4) was occurring in the following counties: None. EXTREME DROUGHT (D3) was occurring in the following counties: In northeast Colorado: Kit Carson,Cheyenne. In northwest Kansas: Decatur,Norton,Greeley,Thomas,Cheyenne,Wallace,Rawlins,Sherman. In southwest Nebraska: Dundy,Red Willow,Hitchcock. SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) was occurring in the following counties: In northeast Colorado: Yuma. In northwest Kansas: Sheridan,Logan,Wichita. MODERATE DROUGHT (D1) was occurring in the following counties: In northwest Kansas: Gove,Graham. ABNORMALLY DRY (D0) was occurring in the following counties: None. FIRE DANGER... Above normal...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=GLD&product=DGT]]> LBF 20210319 <![CDATA[ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1055 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2021 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .SYNOPSIS... SINCE THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY...ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION HAD OCCURRED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SERIES OF SNOW EVENTS IN FEBRUARY...FOLLOWED BY WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW ON THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 13TH THROUGH THE 14TH BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION TOTALS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WERE RUNNING 200 TO 300 PERCENT OF NORMAL OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS. .LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED... AS OF MARCH 18TH...ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR...SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANT...TO WELLFLEET...TO EUSTIS. NORTH OF THIS LINE TO A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRADY TO BIG SPRINGS...TO GORDON...MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING. NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .CLIMATE SUMMARY... SUMMARY OF RECENT MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FROM SELECTED STATIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=LBF&product=DGT]]> OAX 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 1035 AM CST Thu Mar 4 2021 ...Drought Conditions Persist... While we have been fortunate to receive significantly above normal snowfall this past winter season, long term drought conditions persist across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Much of northeast Nebraska remains in a moderate drought, as well as parts of west central Iowa and extreme southeast Nebraska. The remainder of the area remains abnormally dry. For the last 6 months, long term deficits in moisture remain, with some areas still 2 to 4 inches below normal. There is a small area between Omaha, Sioux City, and Denison Iowa where precipitation has been slightly above normal...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=OAX&product=DGT]]>