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Update on Drought Conditions in the High Plains - November 17, 2015
Author: Judson Buescher - High Plains Regional Climate Center
Published: 2015-11-19 23:33:52
Updated:
Eastern Kansas saw well above normal precipitation for the week leading the United States Drought Monitor (USDM) to trim or remove areas of abnormal dryness (D0) and moderate drought (D1). Areas of D0 and D1 were left where the rains were not as intense or were not enough to erase precipitation deficits that stretched back 2 months or more.
Areas in Colorado saw an inch to two inches of rain over the week along with cooler than average temperatures. In Colorado, widespread precipitation over the last week, and wet SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index) values to the last 60 days, resulted in the trimming of the D0 in the central part of the state, with D0 remaining in the region to reflect dryness at longer time scales. To the north, Wyoming missed much of the precipitation event thus causing the USDM to increase the area covered by D0.
To learn more about the U.S. Drought Monitor, please see: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
To see the U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook, please see the Climate Prediction Center
here:http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/sdo_summary.html
To see the areas of agriculture affected by the drought, please see the USDA link: http://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/Drought/AgInDrought.pdf
To see the impacts of the drought, please see the Drought Impact Reporter here: http://droughtreporter.unl.edu/
Check out the table below for the drought conditions over the past 2 months for the High Plains Region.
To view statistics of the High Plains Region and each state check out the Regional Statistics here:
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData/DataTables.aspx
Drought Condition (Percent Area): High Plains Region
|
Date |
None |
D0-D4 |
D1-D4 |
D2-D4 |
D3-D4 |
D4 |
|
11/17/2015 |
62.15 |
37.85 |
4.09 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
11/10/2015 |
61.62 |
38.38 |
5.04 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
11/03/2015 |
59.07 |
40.93 |
4.17 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
10/27/2015 |
59.12 |
40.88 |
3.95 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
10/20/2015 |
53.53 |
46.47 |
3.56 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
10/13/2015 |
66.75 |
33.25 |
0.82 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
10/06/2015 |
73.41 |
26.59 |
0.82 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
09/29/2015 |
75.58 |
24.42 |
0.82 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
09/22/2015 |
79.98 |
21.02 |
0.82 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
09/15/2015 |
86.37 |
13.63 |
0.42 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
09/08/2015 |
86.30 |
13.70 |
0.16 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |