GJT 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Grand Junction CO 300 PM MST Thu Feb 11 2021 ...DROUGHT CONTINUES OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH... .SYNOPSIS: Extreme to Exceptional Drought categories continue over western Colorado and eastern Utah. Water year 2021 precipitation has ranged from below to well below normal. In addition, last years spring snow accumulations were also well below normal for portions of southwestern Colorado. The dry conditions have continued into the winter months of 2021. Areas in D4...Exceptional Drought...include Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, and large portions of La Plata, Archuleta, San Juan, Ouray, Montrose, Delta, Mesa, Pitkin, Eagle, Garfield, Rio Blanco, Moffat and Routt counties. A small portion of northern Gunnison County also is in D4. For eastern Utah, all or large portions of San Juan, Uintah and small portions of Grant and Daggett counties remain in exceptional drought. Areas in D3...Extreme Drought...include Hinsdale and large portions of Gunnison counties. Other smaller portions of previous mentioned counties also in D3...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=GJT&product=DGT]]> SLC 20210319 <![CDATA[ National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 1200 PM MST Mon Mar 8 2021 ...WIDESPREAD EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONTINUES .SYNOPSIS: .Drought intensity and extent: According to the March 2, 2021 release of the United States Drought Monitor, 86% of the National Weather Service Weather (NWS) Forecast Office Salt Lake City, UT (WFO SLC) County Warning Area (CWA) is experiencing extreme (D3) to exceptional (D4) drought conditions. Exceptional drought (D4) conditions continue through much of the CWA aside from the far north and the higher terrain of northern and central Utah where extreme drought (D3) conditions are being reported. The remainder of far northern Utah and Uinta County, Wyoming are experiencing moderate (D1) to severe (D2) drought. To see county specific drought information, visit https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/data/png/current/current_wfoslc_trd.pn g?1614901429512 .Precipitation: A long term precipitation deficit continues across the region. Since the water year began October 1, 2020, much of the SLC CWA has received between 25 and 50 percent of normal precipitation, including most valley locations and the Uinta and southern Utah mountains...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=SLC&product=DGT]]>