{"WFO":{"42":"GJT","110":"SLC"},"DATE":{"42":"300 PM MST Thu Feb 11 2021","110":"1200 PM MST Mon Mar 8 2021"},"DGT":{"42":"729\nAXUS75 KGJT 112200\nDGTGJT\nCOC007-029-033-037-045-051-053-067-077-081-083-085-091-097-103-\n107-111-113-UTC009-019-037-047-182200-\n\nDrought Information Statement\nNational Weather Service Grand Junction CO\n300 PM MST Thu Feb 11 2021\n\n...DROUGHT CONTINUES OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH...\n\n\n.SYNOPSIS:\nExtreme to Exceptional Drought categories continue over western Colorado\nand eastern Utah.\n\nWater year 2021 precipitation has ranged from below to well below normal.\nIn addition, last years spring snow accumulations were also well below\nnormal for portions of southwestern Colorado. The dry conditions have\ncontinued into the winter months of 2021.\n\nAreas in D4...Exceptional Drought...include Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel,\nand large portions of La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Ouray, Montrose,\nDelta, Mesa, Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Moffat and Routt counties.\nA small portion of northern Gunnison County also is in D4. For eastern Utah,\nall or large portions of San Juan, Uintah and small portions of Grant and\nDaggett counties remain in exceptional drought.\n\nAreas in D3...Extreme Drought...include Hinsdale and large portions of\nGunnison counties. Other smaller portions of previous mentioned counties\nalso in D3. For eastern Utah, large portions of Grant and Daggett counties\nare in D3. Smaller areas of Uintah and San Juan are also in D3.\n\nThe continued drought severity is due to low soil moisture,\nlack of snow pack, below normal precipitation, and lower stream flows.\n\n.CLIMATE SUMMARY:\nFall precipitation and winter snowfall has been below to much below normal\nfor western Colorado and eastern Utah. This continues a prolonged dry\nperiod described below.\n\nFall of 2019 precipitation was well below normal leading to low soil\nmoisture content across the southwestern Colorado region going\ninto the 2020 winter season. Snow pack was near normal for the majority\nof the winter season but then started to quickly decrease in the\nmiddle of spring. Dry conditions for both the mountains and\nvalleys in southwestern Colorado and the west central valleys\nbecame entrenched in April and continued through early July. Early\nsummer rains have been sorely lacking keeping precipitation well\nbelow normal over a large portion of western Colorado.\n\n.HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK:\nAverage seven-day stream flow has ranged from below normal to much\nbelow normal with the 28 day average also ranging from below normal\nto much below normal for western Colorado and eastern Utah. The only\nexception is near normal flow release from Flaming Gorge Reservoir.\n\n\n.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:\nImpacts include low soil moisture, lower stream flows, and dry\nvegetation heading into the winter season. Wild fire start in a\nvalley location during the winter.\n\n.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS:\nNone reported.\n\n.PRECIPITATION\/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK:\nA progressive pattern for the week or two will bring the increased\npossibility of precipitation to the region. Into the early spring,\nthere is a better than average chance of above normal temperatures\nand better chances of below normal precipitation across western Colorado\nand eastern Utah.\n\nCurrent observations show that the ENSO cycle is and will\ncontinue in a La Nina condition through the early spring. Chances\nincrease that conditions will transition to neutral late spring into summer.\n\n.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE:\nThis product will be updated if necessary in response to significant\nchanges in conditions.\n\n&&\n\n.RELATED WEB SITES:\nAdditional information on current drought conditions may be found\nat the following web addresses:\n\nUS Drought Monitor:\nhttp:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\n\nUS Drought Information System:\nhttp:\/\/www.drought.gov\n\nNWS Climate Prediction Center\nhttp:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\n\nNOAA Drought Page:\nhttp:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/products\/Drought\n\nNational Weather Service:\nhttp:\/\/weather.gov\/gjt\nhttp:\/\/water.weather.gov\n\nUS Geological Survey:\nhttp:\/\/water.usgs.gov\n\n.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:\nThe Drought Monitor is a multi-agency effort involving the\nNational Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental\nInformation...the USDA...state and regional center climatologists\nand the National Drought Mitigation Center. Information for this\nstatement has been gathered from NWS and FAA observation sites...\nstate cooperative extension services...the USDA and USGS.\n\n.QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS:\nIf you have questions or comments about this Drought Information\nStatement, please contact:\n\nNational Weather Service\nGrand Junction, CO WFO\n2844 Aviators Way\nGrand Junction, CO 81506\n\n$$\n\nas","110":"000\nAXUS75 KSLC 081859\nDGTSLC\nUTC001-003-005-007-011-013-015-017-021-023-025-027-029-031-033-035-\n039-041-043-045-049-051-053-055-057-WYC041\n\nDrought Information Statement\nNational Weather Service Salt Lake City UT\n1200 PM MST Mon Mar 8 2021\n\n\n...WIDESPREAD EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONTINUES\n\n\n.SYNOPSIS:\n\n.Drought intensity and extent: According to the March 2, 2021\nrelease of the United States Drought Monitor, 86% of the National\nWeather Service Weather (NWS) Forecast Office Salt Lake City, UT\n(WFO SLC) County Warning Area (CWA) is experiencing extreme (D3) to\nexceptional (D4) drought conditions.  Exceptional drought (D4)\nconditions continue through much of the CWA aside from the far north\nand the higher terrain of northern and central Utah where extreme\ndrought (D3) conditions are being reported. The remainder of far\nnorthern Utah and Uinta County, Wyoming are experiencing moderate\n(D1) to severe (D2) drought.\n\nTo see county specific drought information, visit\nhttps:\/\/droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/data\/png\/current\/current_wfoslc_trd.pn\ng?1614901429512\n\n.Precipitation: A long term precipitation deficit continues across\nthe region.  Since the water year began October 1, 2020, much of the\nSLC CWA has received between 25 and 50 percent of normal\nprecipitation, including most valley locations and the Uinta and\nsouthern Utah mountains.  The Wasatch and central Utah mountains\nhave received 50-70% of normal precipitation.  Over the last 30\ndays, the northern and central mountains received approximately 2 to\n5 inches of snow water equivalent, with locally higher amounts\nparticularly in the Raft Rivers and the Cottonwood Canyons areas.\nThe southern mountains averaged 1 to 2 inches of snow water\nequivalent.  These amounts translate to 90-150% of normal for the\nnorthern and central mountains, with values closer to 50% of normal\nfor the far southern mountains.  Valleys adjacent to these mountains\nreceived near normal precipitation, while valleys in far western and\neastern Utah received 25-50% of normal for the month.\n\n.Hydrologic Conditions: With winter conditions continuing, the\nstatewide snowpack currently averages around 75% of normal for the\ndate.\n\nCurrent percent of normal snow water equivalent averaged over large\nbasins are as follows:\n\n-Raft River: 107%\n-Bear River: 78%\n-Weber\/Ogden: 72%\n-Tooele-Vernon: 78%\n-Provo\/Utah\/Jordan: 73%\n-Northeastern Uintas: 67%\n-Duchesne River: 64%\n-Lower Sevier River: 75%\n-San Pitch: 71%\n-Price-San Rafael: 64%\n-Beaver River: 74%\n-Upper Sevier River: 65%\n-Dirty Devil: 75%\n-Southwestern Utah: 50%\n-Escalante River: 63%\n\nSoil moisture levels continue to remain very low, at near record to\nrecord levels.  These dry soils will impact the runoff efficiency.\nGiven these factors, current runoff forecasts from the Colorado\nBasin River Forecast Center (CBRFC) anticipate a runoff in the\nspring of 40-60% of normal.\n\n.SUMMARY OF IMPACTS:\n\n.Agricultural Impacts: Soil moisture sensors continue to report\nvalues near or below record levels for their relevant period of\nrecords. Impacts to the upcoming growing season and increased\nirrigation needs will continue to depend on precipitation patterns\nover the next several months for both the valleys and higher terrain.\n\n.Fire Hazards: With winter conditions across the state, significant\nwildland fire hazards are currently low.  The only exception would\nbe on windy days after prolonged dry periods where fire spread could\nincrease.  The precipitation patterns and temperature trends over\nthe next several months will impact wildland fire potential.\nSignificant wildfire potential is expected to remain normal through\nMarch and most of April.  Fire activity is expected to start\nincreasing later in April, with above normal fire potential for\nportions of southern Utah, especially the higher terrain, for May\nand June, due to lower than normal snowpack and significant long\nterm drought.\n\n.DROUGHT MITIGATION ACTIONS:\n\nNone reported.\n\n.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK:\n\nThe pattern remains active over the next seven days.  Total snow\nwater equivalent is expected to range between 0.75-1.00 for most\nmountain locations, with locally higher amounts.  Western\/southern\nvalleys can expect 0.10-0.30 of precipitation, with locally higher\namounts across far southern Utah.  Eastern valleys can expect\nbetween 0.05-0.15 with locally higher amounts.\n\nThe Climate Prediction Center 8-14 day outlook tilts the odds tilt\ntoward below normal temperatures across much of Utah from March 15\nthrough March 21.  The odds also favor below normal precipitation\nstatewide during the same period. The outlook for the month of March\nfavors below normal precipitation and equal chances of near, below,\nor above normal temperatures. The monthly drought outlook for March\ncontinues to forecast drought persisting across the entire county\nwarning area.\n\n.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE:\n\nThis product will be updated in early April, or sooner if drought\nconditions change significantly.\n\n\n.RELATED WEBSITES:\n\nAdditional information on current drought conditions may be found at\nthe following web addresses:\n\nU.S. Drought Monitor: https:\/\/www.droughtmonitor.unl.edu\/ U.S.\nDrought Portal: https:\/\/drought.gov\/ Climate Prediction Center\n(CPC): https:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/ Utah State Climate Center:\nhttps:\/\/climate.usu.edu\/ USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service\n(NRCS) Utah: https:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/site\/ut\/home\/\nUSDA NRCS Wyoming: https:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/site\/wy\/\n\nAdditional water and river information: CBRFC:\nhttps:\/\/www.cbrfc.noaa.gov\/ NWS: https:\/\/water.weather.gov\/ USDA\nNRCS Utah:\nhttps:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/detail\/ut\/snow\/?cid=nrcs141\np2_034248\n\n.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:\n\nThe United States Drought Monitor is a multiagency effort involving\nNOAAs National Weather Service and National Centers for\nEnvironmental Information, the United States Department of\nAgriculture, state and regional climatologists, and the National\nDrought Mitigation Center. Information for this statement was\ngathered from observation sites, regional climate centers, state\ncooperative extension services, Colorado Basin River Forecast\nCenter, Great Basin Coordination Center, National Interagency Fire\nCenter, and Natural Resources Conservation Service.\n\n.CONTACT INFORMATION:\n\nShould you have any questions or comments about this Drought\nInformation Statement, please contact:\n\nNational Weather Service  Salt Lake City Weather Forecast Office\n2242 West North Temple Salt Lake City, UT 84116\nPhone: 801-524-5133\nEmail: nws.saltlakecity@noaa.gov"}}