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Nebraska Soil Moisture Index Map - June 21, 2010
Author: Eric Hunt - University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Published: 2010-06-21 16:35:41
Updated: 2013-06-26 15:50:17
The High Plains Regional Climate Center is now featuring a weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Index map. For the next month or two, the HPRCC will feature a weekly Nebraska soil moisture report and map on the front page of the website, before moving it to a permanent location on the AWDN Soil Moisture page. If you have any comments or questions about the SMI, please use the contact us page.
"The Soil Moisture Index (SMI) is an index applied to the volumetric water content at the depths of 10, 25, and 50 cm. It is averaged over those three depths and scaled such that 5.0 represents field capacity and -5.0 represents the wilting point. Measurements are made under grass covered, rain fed conditions and may not be representative of soil moisture conditions in fields with standard row crops." To learn more about the SMI, click here.
Nebraska Weekly Soil Moisture Report - June 21, 2010
There is good news and bad news in this week’s report. The good news is that north central Nebraska didn’t receive much additional rain in the past week, thereby allowing things to dry out such that a light shower won’t cause a flash flood. The bad news is that flooded areas in northeast Nebraska did not get much of a break and any additional rainfall this week will cause additional flooding. Torrential rains on Sunday over south central and east central Nebraska have made this area especially vulnerable to flooding. Overall, the state is about as moist as it could feasibly be for the latter part of June and stands in stark contrast to some of the drought years of the previous decade.