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Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
744 AM CDT FRI APR 19 2013

...IMPROVING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...

.SYNOPSIS...
THE UNSEASONABLY COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN HAS BROUGHT
BENEFICIAL PRECIPITATION TO NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN IN APRIL. PRECIPITATION TOTALS SO FAR THIS MONTH RANGE
FROM 1.5 INCHES TO 3 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF THE PRECIPITATION
AND MELTING SNOW THIS MONTH HAS ALLOWED AREA RIVERS AND RESERVOIRS
TO RISE.

ALTHOUGH IT IS HEADING INTO THE LATTER HALF OF APRIL...THE FROST
DEPTH IS STILL 2 TO 3 FEET IN SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE NORTH. THERE
MAY STILL BE SOME ISSUES WITH SOIL MOISTURE BELOW THE TOP SOIL
UNTIL THE GROUND THAWS AND RAIN/SNOW MELT CAN PERMEATE INTO THE
GROUND.

DROUGHT LEVELS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BASED
ON THE APRIL 16TH DROUGHT MONITOR.

D0 -- ABNORMALLY DRY OR RECOVERING FROM DROUGHT
D1 -- MODERATE DROUGHT
D2 -- SEVERE DROUGHT
D3 -- EXTREME DROUGHT
D4 -- EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER (D1) MODERATE DROUGHT
CONDITIONS:

LINCOLN - NORTHWEST THIRD
ONEIDA - NORTHWEST HALF
VILAS - FAR SOUTHWEST

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER (D0) ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS:

FLORENCE
FOREST - NORTHERN HALF
LANGLADE - NORTHWEST HALF
LINCOLN - SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS
MARATHON - NORTHWEST THIRD
ONEIDA - SOUTHEAST HALF
VILAS - EXCEPT FAR SOUTHWEST

.RIVER LEVELS...
MANY RIVERS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAVE RISEN DUE TO THE
PRECIPITATION AND SNOW MELT IN APRIL.

.WATER QUALITY...
WHEN WATER LEVELS BECOME LOW...NAVIGATION ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF
RIVERS ARE AFFECTED. ROCKS AND OTHER STRUCTURES NORMALLY WELL
SUBMERGED MAY BE EXPOSED OR MAY LIE JUST UNDER THE WATER SURFACE
CREATING DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS. FISHING OF SOME
STREAMS MAY BE IMPACTED DUE TO LOW WATER AND WARM WATER
TEMPERATURES.

.FIRE WEATHER...
THE FIRE DANGER REMAINS IN THE LOW CATEGORY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.

.FORECAST...
THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION DURING THE NEXT
WEEK. THE TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL
TO BRING THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA.

.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT
INVOLVING NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND THE NATIONAL
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE...STATE AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS...
AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.

INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN
GATHERED FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN
WISCONSIN... NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER...WILD LAND FIRE
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM...NOAA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...MIDWEST
REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...
UNTIED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS... WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES...AND THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS SERVICE WISCONSIN.

RELATED WEBSITES...THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES WERE REFERENCED TO
ACCESS INFORMATION FOR THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT.

LOCAL WEATHER...
CLIMATE AND WATER INFORMATION-
    HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=GRB
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-
    HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV
MIDWEST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER-
    HTTP://MRCC.SWS.UIUC.EDU
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR-
    HTTP://WWW.DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/
WILD LAND FIRE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM-
    HTTP://WWW.WFAS.NET
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES-
    HTTP://DNR.WI.GOV

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ECKBERG
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
