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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1037 AM EST FRI FEB 10 2017
...LONG TERM SEVERE DROUGHT LINGERS FOR PARTS OF THE UPPER DELAWARE...
SYNOPSIS...
THE FEBRUARY 7TH ISSUANCE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR CONTINUES A
SMALL AREA OF SEVERE DROUGHT OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF
SULLIVAN COUNTY NEW YORK AND PIKE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. A SMALL
POCKET OF MODERATE DROUGHT CONTINUES FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER.
SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...
SINCE DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND WATER SYSTEMS VARY BY LOCATION...
MOST WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS ARE MADE BY STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNING OFFICIALS.
A DROUGHT WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW YORK. FOR MORE
INFORMATION PERTAINING TO STATE DROUGHT DECLARATIONS PLEASE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.DEC.NY.GOV/LANDS/5011.HTML
IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, A DROUGHT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
LACKAWANNA, LUZERNE, PIKE AND WAYNE COUNTIES. CONSULT YOUR LOCAL
OFFICIALS TO INQUIRE IF THERE ARE WATER RESTRICTIONS IN YOUR
MUNICIPALITY.
CLIMATE SUMMARY...
PRECIPITATION SINCE THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY HAS GENERALLY BEEN
BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE AREA. EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO HAS SEEN NEAR
TO ABOVE AVERAGE PRECIPITATION. WITHIN THE AREA OF SEVERE DROUGHT,
PRECIPITATION DEFICITS HAVE ONLY BEEN ABOUT 25 PERCENT OF NORMAL
THROUGH FEBRUARY 8TH. A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL THAT OCCURRED ON THE
9TH OF FEBRUARY WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT OUTLOOK, BUT SHOULD
HELP TO ALLEVIATE AT LEAST THE METEOROLOGICAL PART OF DROUGHT
CONDITIONS.
STREAMFLOWS, AVERAGED OVER THE PAST 28 DAYS, WERE ABOVE NORMAL.
GROUNDWATER HAD RECOVERED TO NEAR, AND ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. LAKE POOL ELEVATIONS
WERE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE FINGER LAKES REGION, BUT
BELOW NORMAL IN THE UPPER DELAWARE. THE NYC DELAWARE BASIN WATER
SUPPLY SYSTEM WAS REPORTING 67 PERCENT CAPACITY.
PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...
THE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS SUGGESTS CONDITIONS
WILL START OFF COLDER THAN NORMAL WITH ABOVE AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION, THEN TREND WARMER THAN THE SEASONAL AVERAGE WITH
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...
AVERAGE PRECIPITATION TRENDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS SUGGEST
STEADY STATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WITH A CHANCE AT CONTINUED
IMPROVEMENT IF SEASONAL SNOW COVER INCREASES.
NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...WILL BE ON, OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 23RD AS LONG
AS AT LEAST SEVERE DROUGHT (D2) IS DECLARED IN A PART OF OUR
AREA.
RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT
CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES...
U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU
U.S. DROUGHT PORTAL...HTTP://DROUGHT.GOV
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER (CPC)...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV
NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER...HTTP://WWW.NRCC.CORNELL.EDU
USDA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITIONS: HTTP://WWW.NASS.USDA.GOV
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...HTTP://WATER.WEATHER.GOV
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS...HTTP://WWW.USACE.ARMY.MIL
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT
INVOLVING NOAA'S 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 QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT
THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
32 DAWES DRIVE
JOHNSON CITY NY 13790
PHONE...607-770-9531
BGM.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
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