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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
138 AM CDT SAT AUG 26 2023
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN...
SYNOPSIS
ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION (RAIN/SNOW) WAS REPORTED
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATE WINTER AND EARLY SPRING. THE
WEATHER PATTERN CHANGED DURING THE LATE SPRING (MAY) WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. A LARGE HUDSON
BAY HIGH DOMINATED THE WEATHER PATTERN ON MANY DAYS, BRINGING
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S WITH LOW HUMIDITY
VALUES AS LOW AS 10 TO 25 PERCENT. THE WARM AND DRY WEATHER
CONTINUED INTO EARLY JUNE WITH THE FIRST APPRECIABLE RAINFALL
OCCURRING ON JUNE 10TH AT GREEN BAY. IN A SPAN OF 32 DAYS FROM MAY
8TH THROUGH JUNE 9TH, GREEN BAY RECEIVED 0.11 INCHES OF RAIN.
SINCE THEN, SPORADIC RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.
OVERALL, JUNE PRECIPITATION TOTALS VARIED GREATLY DUE TO THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. THE PLACES THAT DID NOT SEE AS MUCH ACTIVITY SAW TOTALS
RUN A FEW INCHES BELOW NORMAL WHILE PLACES THAT SAW MORE RAIN
WERE CLOSER TO NORMAL. EAGLE RIVER RECORDED 4.14 INCHES FOR THE
MONTH. LIKE JUNE, JULY WAS SIMILAR AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
BROUGHT SOME NEEDED RELIEF TO SOME AREA, WHILE OTHERS DID NOT FAR
SO WELL. BY LATE JULY, SOME OF THE DRIEST CONDITIONS WERE NOTED
FROM WAUSHARA AND WESTERN WINNEBAGO COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN SECTIONS
OF WOOD, PORTAGE AND WAUPACA COUNTIES, AND ONEIDA AND LINCOLN COUNTIES
AS WELL AS NORTHERN DOOR COUNTY. RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH VARIED FROM
6.55 INCHES AT EAGLE RIVER TO 2.14 INCHES AT WASHINGTON ISLAND.
NORMAL RAINFALL FROM MAY 1ST THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST GENERALLY
FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA. HERE ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST
RAINFALL TOTALS:
LOCATION RAINFALL LOCATION RAINFALL
RHINELANDER COOP 6.91 HANCOCK 8.12
RICE RESERVOIR 7.41 RHINELANDER WJFW 8.27
FORESTVILLE 7.49 BRILLION 8.33
ARGONNE 7.66 ROSHOLT 8.36
SHIOCTON 7.67 PHELPS 8.71
TWO RIVERS 7.67 WISC RAPIDS AIRPORT 8.71
RHINELANDER AIRPORT 7.85 WILLOW RESERVOIR 8.74
STEVENS POINT 7.92 MERRILL 8.89
WASHINGTON ISLAND 7.94 MINOCQUA 8.92
WHITE LAKE 8.03 NWS GREEN BAY 8.99
THE DROUGHT LEVELS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
AS OF THE AUGUST 24TH DROUGHT MONITOR:
THE DROUGHT CATEGORIES ARE:
D4 - EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
D3 - EXTREME DROUGHT
D2 - SEVERE DROUGHT
D1 - MODERATE DROUGHT
D0 - ABNORMALLY DRY
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER D3 - EXTREME DROUGHT
WAUSHARA - SOUTHEAST HALF
WINNEBAGO - FAR WEST
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER D2 - SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS:
LANGLADE - FAR NORTHWEST
LINCOLN - ALL BUT FAR SOUTH
ONEIDA - SOUTHWEST TWO THIRDS EXCEPT FAR NORTHWEST
PORTAGE - SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS
VILAS - FAR NORTHWEST
WAUPACA - SOUTHERN HALF
WAUSHARA - NORTHWEST HALF
WINNEBAGO - WESTERN HALF EXCEPT NEAR THE WAUSHARA COUNTY BORDER
WOOD - SOUTHEAST THIRD
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER D1 - MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS
BROWN - FAR SOUTHWEST
CALUMET
DOOR - SOUTHERN HALF
FOREST - WESTERN HALF
KEWAUNEE - NORTHEAST HALF
LANGLADE -NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS BUT VERY FAR NORTHWEST
LINCOLN - FAR SOUTH
MANITOWOC - SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS
MARATHON - NORTHWEST HALF
ONEIDA - NORTHEAST THIRD AND FAR NORTHWEST
OUTAGAMIE - SOUTHWEST HALF
PORTAGE - NORTHERN THIRD
VILAS - WESTERN THIRD (EXCEPT FAR NORTHWEST) AND FAR SOUTH
WAUPACA - NORTHERN HALF EXCEPT ALONG BORDER OF SHAWANO COUNTY
WINNEBAGO - EASTERN HALF
WOOD - NORTHWEST TWO THIRDS
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE UNDER D0 - ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS:
BROWN - ALL BUT FAR SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST
DOOR - NORTHERN HALF
FLORENCE
FOREST - EASTERN HALF
KEWAUNEE - SOUTHWEST HALF
LANGLADE - SOUTHEAST THIRD
MANITOWOC - NORTHERN THIRD
MARATHON - SOUTHEAST HALF
MARINETTE
MENOMINEE
OCONTO - FAR NORTH
OUTAGAMIE - NORTHEAST HALF
SHAWANO - ALL BUT FAR EAST
VILAS - NORTHEAST QUARTER
WAUPACA - NEAR THE SHAWANO COUNTY LINE
.DROUGHT OUTLOOK FOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN:
THERE ARE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY INTO TUESDAY,
OTHERWISE MUCH OF NEXT WEEK IT APPEARS TO BE DRY. THE RAINFALL
ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WILL PROBABLY HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.
BEYOND THIS TIME FRAME, THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 8 TO 14 DAY
OUTLOOK FROM SEPTEMBER 2ND THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8TH IS CALLING
FOR GREATER CHANCES OF ABOVE TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER WEEKS 3-4 OUTLOOK FROM AUGUST 19TH
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1ST IS CALLING FOR GREATER CHANCES OF BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND NEARLY EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE, BELOW AND
NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER IS CALLING FOR
NEARLY EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE, BELOW AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
AND GREATER CHANCES FOR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THREE MONTH OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER
THROUGH NOVEMBER IS CALLING FOR NEARLY EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE,
BELOW AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES A REATER CHANCES FOR BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
CLIMATE AND WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY CLIMATE PAGE:
HTTPS://W2.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/INDEX.PHP?WFO=GRB
MIDWEST CLIMATE CENTER
HTTPS://MRCC.ILLINOIS.EDU
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
HTTPS://WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV
UNITED STATES DROUGHT MONITOR
HTTP://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU/
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
HTTPS://WWW.USGS.GOV/ WISCONSIN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (WDNR)
HTTPS://DNR.WI.GOV
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA), STATE AND
REGIONAL CLIMATOLOGISTS, AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION
CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT WAS GATHERED FROM NWS AND
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) OBSERVATION SITES, STATE
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICES, USACE AND USGS.
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
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