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High Plains Weekly Drought Update - March 28, 2019
Author: Gannon Rush - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2019-03-28 16:56:40
Updated:
Continued precipitation in Colorado brought another round of improvements to drought conditions during the past week. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, severe drought (D2) conditions were removed from southern Colorado along with the trimming of moderate drought (D1) conditions. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions were removed from the Nebraska panhandle and portions of northern, western, and central Colorado after moderate to heavy precipitation this past week. Meanwhile, short-term dryness over the past 60 days prompted the expansion of D0 conditions in north-central Wyoming.
Snowpack in both Wyoming and Colorado continued to remain well above normal this week with areas of Colorado pushing towards record levels.
The Climate Prediction Center’s 6-10 day outlook has increased chances of above-normal temperatures in southwest Colorado. Increased chances for below-normal temperatures are present in the Dakotas, northern Wyoming, and northern Nebraska. Increased chances for above-normal precipitation are present throughout most of the High Plains except for central and eastern North Dakota. According to the 7-day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast, precipitation is likely throughout most of the High Plains with the greatest amounts expected in eastern Kansas.
