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High Plains Weekly Drought Update - Aug 29, 2019
Author: Emily Brown - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2019-09-03 14:26:39
Updated:
Small changes to the U.S Drought Monitor map occurred this week, with both improvements and degradations. Areas of abnormal dryness (D0) were removed in northwestern North Dakota and central Kansas. However, consistent heat and below-normal precipitation in Colorado and western Kansas has led to high evaporation rates. With this, pockets of D0 were introduced throughout Colorado, and moderate drought (D1) was introduced in the southwestern corner. An expansion of D0 and D1 was also noted in western Kansas.
Pasture and crop conditions continued to fare well this past week, while soil moisture continues to improve throughout most of the region.
The Climate Prediction Center’s 6-10 day outlook has increased chances for below-normal temperatures in North Dakota. Above-normal temperatures are favored for Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, southeastern Wyoming, and southern South Dakota. Above-normal precipitation is favored for most of the High Plains, with below-normal precipitation favored in southeastern Kansas. According to the 7-day Quantitative Precipitation Forecast, precipitation is possible across most of the High Plains, with the highest amounts in western North Dakota.
https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?High_Plains