Drought Information Statement
Issued by NWS Green Bay, WI

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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
940 PM CDT FRI MAR 29 2013

...LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE NORTH AND WEST OF THE
FOX VALLEY...

.SYNOPSIS...
LONG TERM PRECIPITATION DEFICITS FROM 2012 CONTINUED INTO 2013
ACROSS CENTRAL...NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
DURING FEBRUARY...ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS REPORTED AT MOST
LOCATIONS...EXCEPT OVER FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN NEAR FLORENCE
WHERE THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS CLOSE TO NORMAL.
FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION TOTALS WERE GENERALLY FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES
WEST OF A WAUTOMA TO WAUSAUKEE LINE. PRECIPITATION TOTALS TO THE
EAST WERE GENERALLY FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES. PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR
MARCH WILL BE NEAR NORMAL.

DUE TO THE UNUSUALLY COLD MARCH...THE SNOW PACK HAS TAKEN LONGER
TO RECEDE AND THE FROST DEPTH REMAINS UNUSUALLY DEEP FOR LATE
MARCH. SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK...COMBINED WITH
A QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN ON SATURDAY SHOULD HELP SHRINK THE
SNOW PACK FAIRLY RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

A BETTER ASSESSMENT OF THE LONG TERM DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL BE
MADE ONCE THE SNOW PACK COMPLETELY RECEDES AND AN ASSESSMENT OF
DEEPER SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT...AREA RESERVOIRS AND RIVER LEVELS.

DROUGHT LEVELS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN BASED
ON THE MARCH 12TH 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 (D2) SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS:

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

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

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

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

FLORENCE - FAR SOUTHEAST
FOREST - SOUTHERN HALF
LANGLADE - SOUTHEAST TWO THIRDS
MARINETTE
MARATHON - SOUTHEAST HALF
MENOMINEE
OCONTO
PORTAGE - ALL EXCEPT FAR SOUTH
SHAWANO
WAUPACA - NORTHERN TWO THIRDS
WOOD

.RIVER LEVELS...
MANY RIVERS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUE TO RUN BELOW
LONG TERM AVERAGES. DUE TO UNUSUALLY COLD MARCH...SNOW MELT HAS
BEEN SLOWER THAN NORMAL UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. THE COMBINATION OF
TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S INTO SATURDAY...COMBINED WITH RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH SHOULD CAUSE AREA RIVERS TO RISE
SLIGHTLY.

.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...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER TO HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY
AS A SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. OTHERWISE...NO SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.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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