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Drought Information Statement
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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
900 AM MST SUN APR 28 2013

SYNOPSIS...

...SMALL AREAS OF EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN NORTHEAST...
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

...SEVERE DROUGHT IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...

...MAINLY MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT ELSEWHERE...

NEW MEXICO PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 2013 WAS 52
PERCENT OF NORMAL. PRECIPITATION RANGED FROM 72 PERCENT IN THE
NORTHEAST PLAINS CLIMATE DIVISION TO 34 PERCENT IN THE SOUTHERN
DESERT CLIMATE DIVISION.

THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF WATER YEAR 2013...OCTOBER 2012 THROUGH
MARCH 2013...HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING. AVERAGE STATEWIDE PRECIPITATION
WAS ONLY 47 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND NORTHWEST
PLATEAU HAD THE BEST AVERAGE AT 57 PERCENT WHILE THE CENTRAL VALLEY
AND SOUTHERN DESERT HAD THE WORST AT 28 AND 26 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 WILD FIRES BURNED IN THE PAST
TWO YEARS.

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

CLIMATE SUMMARY...

JANUARY THROUGH MARCH 2013 STATEWIDE PRECIPITATION WAS 0.57
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. MEANWHILE...TEMPERATURES WERE 0.7 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. RECORDS GO BACK TO 1895.

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...

THE NOAA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK FOR NEW MEXICO FROM MAY
THROUGH JULY 2013 IS WEIGHTED TOWARD DRIER AND WARMER THAN NORMAL
CONDITIONS. IF THIS OUTLOOK VERIFIES...THEN THE REMAINDER OF SPRING
2013 WILL BE MOSTLY DRY...WINDY AND WARMER THAN NORMAL.

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 IS ABOVE 50 PERCENT OF CAPACITY AT NAVAJO
LAKE AND ABOVE 75 PERCENT 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 MAY 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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