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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
228 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...ESSENTIALLY NO CHANGE IN THE ON-GOING LONG TERM DROUGHT STATUS
OVER SOUTH TEXAS...
...LA NINA IN EASTERN PACIFIC EXPECTED TO LAST INTO THE EARLY SPRING...
...HEAVIEST RAINFALL STAYS NORTH OF HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA...
...RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO CONSERVE WATER FOR THE ANTICIPATED
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS...
SYNOPSIS...EXCEPT FOR ONE NOTABLE RAINFALL EVENT WHICH MAINLY
OCCURRED ON JANUARY 25...SOUTH TEXAS REMAINED VERY DRY...WITH
UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES (MAINLY DURING THE DAYTIME).
CERTAINLY...THE EFFECTS FROM THE ON-GOING LA NINA PATTERN OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC ARE IMPACTING SOUTH TEXAS...SINCE LA NINA
CONDITIONS NORMALLY RESULT IN BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT DURING THE LAST TWO
WEEKS...STARTING ON JANUARY 24...BUT ESSENTIALLY OCCURRING ON
JANUARY 25. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...COMBINED WITH A WARM
FRONT AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET...HELP TO PRODUCE SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 24TH. AS THE UPPER
SYSTEM APPROACHED OVERNIGHT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOP OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU AND WESTERN BRUSH
COUNTRY...EXTENDING INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS. UNFORTUNATELY...THE MEAN STORM MOTION WAS FROM THE SOUTH
TO THE NORTH...AND CONSEQUENTLY THE CONVECTIVE LINE COULD NOT TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THE STRONG LOW LEVEL JET AND PROPAGATE THE STRONGER
STORMS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST (DESPITE THE STRONG INSTABILITY AND
LIMITED CAP). AS A RESULT...THE STRONGEST STORMS (AND HEAVIEST
RAINFALL) MAINLY STAYED NORTH OF THE AREA. STILL...SOME OF THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA (HSA) RECEIVED
BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 1/2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION DURING THIS EVENT.
HOWEVER...MOST OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HSA RECEIVED LESS
THAN 1/4 INCH OF RAIN (WITH SOME AREAS RECEIVING LITTLE TO NO
MEASURABLE RAINFALL). VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURRED NORTH OF THE
HSA...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WHERE SOME LOCATIONS
RECEIVED WELL OVER 6 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.
THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR PRODUCT...VALID FOR JANUARY 24 2012
SHOWS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS OVER THE CORPUS CHRISTI HSA...
EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS (D4) EXIST ACROSS AREAS EAST OF A
LINE FROM NEAR RAMIREZ TO CAMPELLTON...EXCEPT FOR A SMALL AREA OF
EXTREME DROUGHT (D3) OVER PORTIONS OF GOLIAD AND VICTORIA
COUNTIES...NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM JUST EAST OF WEESATCHE
(BUT WEST OF ANDER)...TO ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF FANNIN...THEN
3 MILES SOUTH OF SCHROEDER...TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NURSERY... TO
4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORTRAN. ANOTHER AREA OF D4 CONDITIONS
EXIST OVER MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN WEBB AND WESTERN LA SALLE
COUNTIES...GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR LAS
TIENDAS...TO NEAR ENCINAL...TO NEAR FORT EWELL SITE...TO NEAR
PEARSALL.
EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS (D3) EXIST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTH TEXAS...WHICH INCLUDES THE REMAINDER OF WEBB COUNTY
(INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO)...EASTERN LA SALLE COUNTY...AS WELL
AS MOST OF DUVAL AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE AFOREMENTIONED DROUGHT MONITOR PRODUCT
DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE RAINFALL EVENT MENTIONED ABOVE.
HOWEVER...IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE PRECIPITATION WHICH OCCURRED
OVER THE HSA WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE ON-GOING
DROUGHT OVER THE HSA. SEE THE DROUGHT MONITOR PRODUCT (LINK
PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE STATEMENT) FOR A GRAPHICAL VIEW.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
STATE AND LOCAL ACTIONS.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS FOREST SERVICE...BURN BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR ALL BUT VICTORIA COUNTY. VICTORIA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE
GIVING RESIDENTS TIME TO FINISH BURNING BRUSH...GRASS AND
TRASH...BUT WILL REVISIT THE TOPIC AT AN UPCOMING MEETING. UNTIL
THEN...RESIDENTS IN THE COUNTY CAN BURN TRASH IN A BARREL ONLY IF
THERE IS A SCREEN ON TOP CONSISTING OF HOLES NO LARGER THAN 5/8
INCH. ALSO...THE AREA AROUND THE BARREL SHOULD BE CLEARED DOWN TO
THE SOIL OR GRAVEL. ALL BURNING MUST BE SUPERVISED WITH READY
AVAILABLE MEANS TO CONTROL THE FIRE. IN ADDITION...THE VICTORIA
COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE SHALL BE NOTIFIED ON ANY ACREAGE OR
PILE BURNING DURING NORMAL WORKING HOURS. BURNING DONE AFTER HOURS
SHALL NOTIFY THE CITY OF VICTORIA NON-EMERGENCY DISPATCH AT
361..573..3221. ITEMS TO NOTIFY INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO...SPECIFIC LOCATION...TIME...NAME...AND CONTACT NUMBER. MORE
INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE VICTORIA COUNTY WEBSITE:
WWW.VICTORIACOUNTYTX.ORG
THE CITY OF LAREDO OFFICIALLY REMAINS UNDER VOLUNTARY WATER
RESTRICTIONS. ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DOES NOT
OFFICIALLY BEGIN VOLUNTARY WATER RESTRICTIONS UNTIL THE COMBINED
SYSTEM CAPACITY FALLS TO BELOW 50 PERCENT...RESIDENTS ARE STILL
ENCOURAGED TO VOLUNTARILY CONSERVE WATER. RESIDENTS IN VICTORIA
ARE ALSO STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CONSERVE WATER. WITH GRASSES NOW
DORMANT...RESIDENTS SHOULD BE NOT BE WATERING THEIR LANDSCAPES FOR
GROWTH...BUT ONLY TO MAINTAIN DEEP SOIL MOISTURE. THUS...WATERING
SHOULD BE VERY INFREQUENT...ESPECIALLY AFTER RECENT RAINFALL.
ALSO...THE WATERING OF LAWNS SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE 10 AM OR
AFTER 6 PM TO REDUCE EVAPORATION. AVOID RUNOFF INTO SIDEWALKS AND
STREETS...USE A SPRINKLER WHICH MAKES LARGER WATER DROPLETS...AND
CURTAIL WATERING TIME TO LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. MORE INFORMATION ON
HOW TO CONSERVE WATER IS FOUND ON THE CITY WEBSITES LISTED AT THE
END OF THIS STATEMENT.
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HSA HAVE MAINTAINED EITHER
MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR LOCAL PUBLIC WATER
SYSTEMS (PWS)...ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY. HERE IS A LIST OF LOCATIONS WITHIN THE HSA:
ARANSAS COUNTY: SUNSET BAY (VOLUNTARY)
BEE COUNTY: BLUEBERRY HILLS WATERWORKS (VOLUNTARY)
CALHOUN COUNTY: THE CITY OF PORT COMFORT (STAGE 1)
JIM WELLS COUNTY: CITY OF ALICE (STAGE 1)...ENGLISH ACRES (STAGE
3)...PAISANO MOBILE HOME PARK (STAGE 3) AND LOMA LINDA WATER
SUPPLY (VOLUNTARY)
KLEBERG COUNTY: KING RANCH SANTA GERTRUDIS DISTRICT (STAGE 1) AND
EAST RIVIERA (VOLUNTARY)
LIVE OAK: BUCKEYE KNOLL (STAGE 1)...OLD MARBACH SCHOOL WSC
(VOLUNTARY)
NUECES COUNTY: NUECES COUNTY WCID 3 (VOLUNTARY)
WEBB COUNTY: MIRANDO CITY WSC (VOLUNTARY)
AGRICULTURAL AND SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS.
THE LATEST SOIL MOISTURE ANOMALY MAP FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER SHOWS MODERATE TO HIGH ANOMALIES OVER SOUTH TEXAS.
HOWEVER...RAINFALL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS HELPED TO
IMPROVE SOIL MOISTURE PERCENTILES...MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEASTERN
COASTAL BEND AND THE VICTORIA AREA...WHERE THE RANKING PERCENTILES
ARE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 PERCENT. PERCENTILES ELSEWHERE ARE BETWEEN
5 AND 10 PERCENT...EXCEPT NEAR THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS WHERE
VALUES ARE 5 PERCENT OR LOWER. RECENT RAINFALL HAS ALSO KEPT CROP
MOISTURE INDICES (CMI) IN THE SLIGHTLY DRY/FAVORABLY MOIST RANGE
(-0.9 TO 0.9).
THE UPCOMING AGRICULTURAL SEASON APPEARS BLEAK...AS FARMERS
CONTINUE TO MULL ON WHETHER TO PLANT CROPS THIS YEAR (SINCE
RAINFALL OUTLOOKS DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ARE PESSIMISTIC).
ACCORDING TO A RECENT ARTICLE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS...ROUGHLY
20 PERCENT MORE CATTLE WERE SLAUGHTERED DURING 2011 IN
TEXAS...OKLAHOMA...NEW MEXICO...LOUISIANA...AND ARKANSAS THAN
DURING THE 2010 DROUGHT. THE TEXAS DROUGHT HAS TAKEN CATTLE
NUMBERS DOWN BY 600,000 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2011. OBVIOUSLY...
THIS WILL IMPACT MEAT PRICES EVERYWHERE. AN ARTICLE FROM THE LOCAL
PAPER IN AUSTIN REPORTS THAT TEXAS STATE PARKS HAVE SUFFERED LOWER
VISITATION RATES (AND THEREFORE LOST REVENUES) DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES. ALSO...VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENTS ARE GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER HARSH WILDFIRE SEASON.
ACCORDING TO THE CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER-TIMES...THE DROUGHT IN
TEXAS IS ALSO RAISING THE RISKS FOR THE WORLD`S ONLY SELF-
SUSTAINING FLOCK OF MIGRATORY WHOPPING CRANES...AND IT IS RAISING
THE STAKES FOR WISCONSIN`S EFFORTS TO HELP PRESERVE THE ENDANGERED
SPECIES. THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF WHOOPING CRANES TO THE TEXAS
COAST IS BEING THREATENED AS THE DROUGHT AND RED TIDE LESSENS THE
AVAILABILITY OF FRESHWATER AND FOOD. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE FEEDING
OF THE WHOOPING CRANES WILL MAKE IT A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS
FLIGHT BACK NORTH...AS THE CRANES MAY BECOME MALNOURISHED.
CHANGES IN WINTER MIGRATIONS FOR TOWHEES AND SPARROWS HAVE ALSO
BEEN NOTICED. TYPICALLY...THESE BIRDS RESIDE IN THE WESTERN HILL
COUNTRY AND SOUTH TEXAS. HOWEVER...DUE TO SCARCITY OF FOOD IN
THESE AREAS...THE BIRDS HAVE MIGRATED ALONG THE COAST.
THE DROUGHT HAS ALSO IMPACTED THE BAYS AND ESTUARIES...AS
SALINITY LEVELS IN THESE AREAS REMAIN HIGH. DUE TO THE HIGHER
SALINITY LEVELS...MANY OYSTER BEDS ALONG THE TEXAS GULF COAST HAVE
BEEN CLOSED...WHICH IS IMPACTING MANY BUSINESSES WHICH RELY ON THE
INDUSTRY. THESE CLOSURES WERE DUE TO THE RED TIDE...LARGELY CAUSED
BY THE LACK OF FRESH WATER NORMALLY RUNNING INTO THE GULF. RECENT
TESTING SHOWS THAT CONCENTRATION IS LOW TO MODERATE. ALTHOUGH RED
TIDE CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED DUE TO RAIN AND CHILLY WEATHER A FEW
WEEKS AGO...TESTS ON OYSTERS NEED TO BE PERFORMED OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS TO ENSURE THEY ARE SAFE TO EAT BEFORE
HARVESTING IS ALLOWED.
THE TEXAS CROP AND WEATHER REPORTS FOR JANUARY 18 AND JANUARY 24
CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
FOR THE COASTAL BEND DISTRICT:
- SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING OF CATTLE AND IMPORTING HAY CONTINUED. HAY
WAS SCARCE AND PRICES WERE VERY HIGH.
- SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS WERE TOO LOW FOR PLANTING AND VERY LITTLE
FERTILIZER WAS BEING APPLIED.
- MOST RANGELAND AND PASTURES WERE BROWN AND DORMANT.
FOR WESTERN AREAS (CONSIDERED PART OF THE SOUTH DISTRICT):
- SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS WERE SHORT TO VERY SHORT.
- RANGELANDS AND PASTURES WERE IN FAIR TO POOR CONDITION. AS THE
CALVING SEASON BEGAN AND SHORTAGE OF GRAZING AREAS
CONTINUED...RANCHERS RESORTED TO ADDING PRICKLY PEAR FOR
SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING. THE CULLING OF HERDS CONTINUED.
- WINTER FORAGE HAD SOME GROWTH...BUT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO FEED
CATTLE. WINTER WEED GROWTH BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN.
FIRE DANGER HAZARDS.
USING A 5 DAY AVERAGE...A MODERATE FIRE DANGER EXISTS FOR MOST OF
THE HSA...WITH A LOWER FIRE DANGER OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LA
SALLE AND MCMULLEN COUNTIES. THE MOST NOTABLE RECENT WILDFIRES
OCCURRED IN JIM WELLS COUNTY NEAR ALICE...AND A BRUSH FIRE IN
INGLESIDE. SOME CONTROLLED BURNS HAVE ALSO BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OVER
THE HSA.
COUNTY-AVERAGED KEETCH-BYRAM DROUGHT INDICES (KBDI) ARE BETWEEN
600 AND 700 OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...BEE COUNTY...AND
FOR ALL COASTAL COUNTIES WITHIN THE HSA. ELSEWHERE...KBDI VALUES
ARE BETWEEN 500 AND 600. UNFORTUNATELY...MOST OF THE HEAVY
RAINFALL MISSED SOUTH TEXAS DURING THE PAST TWO DAYS...SO NO
SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN KBDI VALUES WERE OBSERVED. MORE
SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL WILL BE NEEDED TO LOWER THESE VALUES.
OTHERWISE...KBDI VALUES WILL INCREASE AS SPRING APPROACHES.
RIVER AND HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...MOST RIVERS AND CREEKS
ARE RUNNING BELOW TO WELL BELOW NORMAL LEVELS WITHIN THE HSA.
LOCATIONS WITH NEAR NORMAL FLOWS INCLUDE THE NUECES RIVER BELOW
CHOKE CANYON DAM...ARANSAS RIVER...SAN ANTONIO RIVER...COLETO
CREEK...AND OSO CREEK. HOWEVER...DUE TO RELEASES FROM LAKE AMISTAD
DOWN TO FALCON DAM...ABOVE NORMAL RIVER LEVELS ARE BEING OBSERVED
ON THE RIO GRANDE. THESE ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL AMISTAD DAM CURTAILS THEIR RELEASE
AMOUNTS.
ALTHOUGH MANY RIVER LEVELS ARE DOWN...RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES OVER THE
GUADALUPE RIVER AND SAN ANTONIO RIVER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IN
FACT...BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK (JANUARY 30)...MINOR RIVER
FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT VICTORIA AND MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS
EXPECTED AT BLOOMINGTON. THUS...FLOWS WILL BE WELL ABOVE THE 150
CFS (4.3 FEET) NEEDED FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA TO OBTAIN WATER
FROM THE RIVER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. ALSO...THE SAN ANTONIO
RIVER AT GOLIAD IS EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE CAUTION STAGE THIS
WEEKEND. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT RIVER RISES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
WITH THE RECENT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS...LEVELS ON CANYON DAM ARE RISING. HOWEVER...RESERVOIR
LEVELS CONTINUE TO FALL FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI AND LAREDO WATER
SUPPLY. AS OF JANUARY 26...THE LEVEL AT CHOKE CANYON DAM WAS AT
208.4 FEET (60.7 PERCENT CAPACITY)...WITH LAKE CORPUS CHRISTI AT
82.3 FEET (31.9 PERCENT CAPACITY). THE COMBINED SYSTEM CAPACITY
FOR THE CORPUS CHRISTI WATER SUPPLY WAS AT 52.9 PERCENT...OR 0.7
PERCENTAGE POINTS LOWER THAN ON JANUARY 12. CANYON DAM (SUPPLYING
VICTORIA WITH WATER) HAS RISEN 0.61 FEET...NOW AT 899.10 FEET...OR
80 PERCENT CAPACITY. DUE TO HIGHER WATER RELEASES...LAKE AMISTAD
HAS FALLEN 2.62 FEET TO 1105.08 FEET. COLETO CREEK WAS AT 95.56
FEET (0.06 FEET HIGHER).
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
COMMON WITH LA NINA OVER THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC...JANUARY 2012
HAS BEEN WARM AND DRY OVER SOUTH TEXAS. NEARLY ALL OF THE HSA HAS
RECEIVED BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL THIS MONTH...INCLUDING CORPUS
CHRISTI...LAREDO AND VICTORIA. WITH NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT JANUARY WILL
HAVE BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR NEARLY ALL OF THE HSA. AS A
RESULT...SINCE OCTOBER 1 2010...15 OF THE LAST 16 MONTHS WILL
HAVE BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL OVER MOST OF THE HSA.
ON TOP OF THE BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL...TEMPERATURES IN JANUARY HAVE
BEEN WELL ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY FOR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES. SO
FAR IN JANUARY (AS OF JANUARY 25)...THE AVERAGE JANUARY TEMPERATURE
WAS 5.4 ABOVE NORMAL FOR CORPUS CHRISTI...5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
FOR VICTORIA...AND 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR LAREDO.
UNFORTUNATELY...LA NINA CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC
CONTINUE...WITH TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OF AT LEAST 0.5 DEGREES
CELSIUS BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN
EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN. THIS LA NINA IS NOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
INTO THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERIC SPRING OF 2012. THUS...NOT ONLY DOES
THE REMAINDER OF WINTER LOOK BLEAK FOR RAIN...BUT THE FIRST PART
OF SPRING MAY ALSO MEAN THAT BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL WILL OCCUR.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OBSERVED FOR
THE MONTH AND YEAR SO FAR THROUGH JANUARY 26 2012 (AS NO RAINFALL
IS EXPECTED TODAY)...AND FOR THE CURRENT WATER YEAR (STARTING
10/01/2011). ALL VALUES ARE IN INCHES...RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE
SHOWN IN PARENTHESIS:
WATER YEAR
THRU JANUARY 26 2012 10/1/2011 - 01/26/2012
CORPUS CHRISTI 0.35 (0.95) 0.35 (0.95) 3.82 (4.79)
VICTORIA 1.54 (0.60) 1.54 (0.60) 5.55 (6.62)
LAREDO AIRPORT T (0.76) T (0.76) 2.86 (2.12)
SO FAR IN 2012...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL RAINFALL FOR EACH
LOCATION HAS BEEN: 0 PERCENT AT LAREDO...28.0 PERCENT AT CORPUS
CHRISTI...AND 74.4 PERCENT AT VICTORIA. SO FAR FOR THIS WATER
YEAR...PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL RAINFALL ARE: 44.4 PERCENT AT CORPUS
CHRISTI...45.6 PERCENT AT VICTORIA...AND 57.4 PERCENT AT LAREDO
(AGAIN...THROUGH THURSDAY JANUARY 26).
SINCE OCTOBER 1 2010...ACCUMULATED RAINFALL DEFICITS ARE 26.17
INCHES AT CORPUS CHRISTI...35.13 INCHES AT VICTORIA...AND 19.42
INCHES AT LAREDO.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS...
NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS (THROUGH FEBRUARY 2). THE 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK FOR THE
PERIOD FEBRUARY 3 THROUGH FEBRUARY 10 2012 SHOWS A GREATER CHANCE
FOR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
SINCE THE ON-GOING LA NINA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE SPRING
OF 2012...THE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL OUTLOOKS FOR FEBRUARY...AND
FOR FEBRUARY THROUGH APRIL...BOTH SHOW A HIGH PROBABILITY FOR
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. AS A
RESULT...THE LATEST DROUGHT OUTLOOK PRODUCT...RELEASED JANUARY
19 AND VALID THROUGH APRIL 30 2012...EXPECTS CURRENT DROUGHT
CONDITIONS TO PERSIST OVER THE HSA (AND NEARLY ALL OF TEXAS).
THEREFORE...UNLESS SOME ANOMALY IN THE WEATHER PATTERN OCCURS
(SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS OR A SLOW
MOVING FRONT OR STORM SYSTEM)...PROSPECTS FOR SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT
RELIEF OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ARE NOT PROMISING.
RELATED WEB SITES...
NWS CORPUS CHRISTI DROUGHT PAGE:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/CRP/DROUGHT.HTML
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE (AHPS)...
HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=CRP
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR (INCLUDES DROUGHT AND SOIL MOISTURE
OUTLOOKS... DROUGHT ARCHIVES AND TEMPERATURE/RAINFALL OUTLOOKS)...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR (INCLUDES ONLY TEXAS)...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/DM_STATE.HTM?TX,S
U.S. DROUGHT PORTAL...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV
TEXAS DROUGHT MONITORING SITE...
HTTP://WWW.TXWIN.NET/MONITORING/METEOROLOGICAL/DROUGHT/INDICES.HTM
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...
HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV
DROUGHT IMPACT REPORTER...
HTTP://DROUGHTREPORTER.UNL.EDU/
VEGETATION DROUGHT RESPONSE INDEX
HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU.VEGDRI/VEGDRI_MAIN.HTM?EV
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER...
HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...
HTTP://WWW.HPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
STANDARDIZED PRECIPITATION INDEX (SPI)...
HTTP://WWW.WRCC.DRI.EDU/SPI/SPI.HTML
AGNEWS: TEXAS A & M AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM (CROP AND WEATHER REPORT)...
HTTP://AGRILIFE.ORG/TODAY
TEXAS INTERAGENCY COORDINATION CENTER (TICC)...
HTTP://WWW.TAMU.EDU/TICC/
TEXAS BURN BANS...HTTP://TFSFRP.TAMU.EDU/WILDFIRES/DECBAN.PNG
TEXAS KBDI...HTTP://WEBGIS.TAMU.EDU/TFS/KBDI_DAILY/KBDICOUNTY.PNG
TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (WATER RESTRICTIONS):
WWW.TCEQ.TEXAS.GOV/DRINKINATER/TROT/LOCATION.HTML
CORPUS CHRISTI WATER CONSERVATION:
WWW.CCTEXAS.COM/WATER/CONSERVATION
VICTORIA WATER CONSERVATION:
WWW.VICTORIATX.ORG/PIO/PDFS/WATERSAVINGMETHODS.PDF
LAREDO WATER INFORMATION:
WWW.CI.LAREDO.TX.US/UTILITIES05/INDEX.HTML
CITY OF VICTORIA WEB SITE...WWW.VICTORIATX.ORG
CITY OF LAREDO WEB SITE...WWW.CI.LAREDO.TX.US
CORPUS CHRISTI WATER DEPARTMENT...WWW.CCTEXAS.COM/WATER
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
NWS...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS/
USGS...HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...
THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE
AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT
MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED
FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
SERVICES...THE USDA...USACE AND USGS.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
STATEMENT...PLEASE CONTACT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
300 PINSON DRIVE
CORPUS CHRISTI TX 78406
PHONE: 361-289-0959
SR-CRP.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
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