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High Plains Weekly Drought Update - March 7, 2019
Author: Emily Brown - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2019-03-07 16:59:35
Updated:
Improvements in drought conditions continued this week in the High Plains. After beneficial precipitation in the past 7 days, moderate (D1) and severe (D2) drought conditions were reduced in western Colorado. The D1 conditions in south-central Wyoming were also removed. Kansas, South Dakota, and North Dakota also continued to remain free of dryness due to moderate to deep snowpack and below-normal temperatures.
Snowpack in both Wyoming and Colorado continued to remain above normal this week.
The Climate Prediction Center’s 6-10 day outlook has increased chances of below-normal temperatures throughout nearly all of the High Plains, with Wyoming, northern Colorado, southwest South Dakota and the panhandle of Nebraska heavily favored for below-normal temperatures. Increased chances for above-normal precipitation are present throughout most of the High Plains, with eastern Nebraska and northeast Kansas heavily favored for above-normal precipitation. According to the 7-day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast, precipitation is likely throughout a majority of the High Plains, with the highest amounts expected in the eastern High Plains and western Colorado.
