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Drought Information Statement
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
345 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

SYNOPSIS...
   ...EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT IN MOST OF NEW MEXICO...
   ...MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT NEARLY ALL REMAINING AREAS...

NEW MEXICO PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY THROUGH APRIL 2013 WAS 47
PERCENT OF NORMAL. PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 65 PERCENT IN THE
NORTHWEST PLATEAU CLIMATE DIVISION TO 30 PERCENT IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY.

THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF WATER YEAR 2013...OCTOBER 2012 THROUGH
APRIL 2013...HAS ALSO BEEN DISAPPOINTING. THE AVERAGE STATEWIDE
PRECIPITATION WAS ONLY 45 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU
HAD THE BEST AVERAGE AT 60 PERCENT WHILE THE CENTRAL VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN DESERT HAD THE WORST AT 27 AND 25 PERCENT OF NORMAL
RESPECTIVELY.

THE LATEST U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP FOR NEW MEXICO CAN BE FOUND AT
HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/DM_STATE.HTM?NM,W

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...

A COUPLE OF PUBLIC RECREATION AREAS RETAIN SOME FORM OF FIRE
RESTRICTIONS...MAINLY IN AREAS WHERE LARGE WILD FIRES BURNED IN THE
PAST TWO YEARS. MANY RECREATIONAL AREAS NOW ARE IN STAGE ONE FIRE
RESTRICTIONS.

PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR A LISTING OF FIRE RESTRICTIONS...
http://www.publiclands.org/firenews/NM.php

CLIMATE SUMMARY...

JANUARY THROUGH APRIL 2013 STATEWIDE PRECIPITATION AVERAGED 2.25
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WERE 0.6 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. RECORDS GO BACK TO 1895.

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...

THE NOAA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK FOR NEW MEXICO FROM JUNE
THROUGH AUGUST 2013 IS WEIGHTED TOWARD DRIER AND MUCH WARMER THAN
NORMAL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS OF THE
STATE. IF THIS OUTLOOK VERIFIES...IT WILL BE THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE
MONSOON SEASON WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES.

PLEASE SEE THE ENSO DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION ISSUED BY THE NWS
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER AT...
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring
/enso_advisory/ensodisc.pdf

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF
NEW MEXICO PLEASE SEE THE NWS WFO ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT...
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ABQ

HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...

RESERVOIR STORAGE WAS NEAR 50 PERCENT OF CAPACITY AT NAVAJO
LAKE AND LAKE AVALON BUT FAR BELOW NORMAL STORAGE PERSISTS AT
SANTA ROSA LAKE...CONCHAS LAKE...ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE...COSTILLA
LAKE...SUMNER LAKE AND EL VADO LAKE.

NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED IN MID TO LATE JUNE 2013 OR SOONER
IF NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN WEATHER...WATER
SUPPLY...OR DROUGHT CONDITIONS.

RELATED WEB SITES...

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT OR PAST DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY
BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/

U.S DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
NWS PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS PAGE...HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV
PUBLIC LANDS INFORMATION CENTER...
HTTP://PUBLICLANDS.ORG/FIRENEWS/PRESSRELEASES/NM.PHP
CLIMATOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY LINKS...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/WHATIS/CLIMLINKS.HTM
WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...
HTTP://WWW.WRCC.DRI.EDU/INDEX.HTML
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
NWS...HTTP://AHPS.SRH.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP?WFO=ABQ
USGS...HTTP://WATERDATA.USGS.GOV/NM/NWIS/CURRENT?TYPE=FLOW

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...

THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING
THE NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA
CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTERS AND
THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT
INFORMATION STATEMENT...PLEASE CONTACT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2341 CLARK CARR LOOP SE
ALBUQUERQUE NM 87106
PHONE...505-244-9147
SR-ABQ.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV

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