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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
324 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2022
...DROUGHT CONDITIONS IMPROVE ACROSS MAINE AND MUCH OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE…
.DROUGHT INTENSITY AND EXTENT:
SEASONABLY COOLER WEATHER COMBINED WITH SOAKING RAIN TO IMPROVE
THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE OCTOBER
20TH RELEASE OF THE UNITED STATES DROUGHT MONITOR CATEGORIZED
ONLY 3.5% OF MAINE IN ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS (D0) WITH NO
LOCATIONS IN DROUGHT. IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, 20% OF SOUTHERN COUNTIES
REMAIN IN A MODERATE DROUGHT (D1), WITH 54% ABNORMALLY DRY (D0).
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ISSUANCE OF THE DROUGHT STATEMENTS FOR 2022
AS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
.PRECIPITATION:
HEAVY PRECIPITATION FELL ACROSS THE REGION ON OCTOBER 13-14TH WITH
RAINFALL REPORTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES, LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. THE
SOAKING RAIN WAS THE RESULT OF A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM WHICH
BROUGHT THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE MIDCOAST
OF MAINE. PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE RECEIVED
THE LEAST PRECIPITATION WITH MOST AREAS REPORTING AN 1 INCH OR
LESS.
.HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS:
HEAVY RAINFALL PUSHED RESERVOIRS AND STREAMFLOWS TO ABOVE NORMAL
LEVELS IN OCTOBER. SEVERAL MAINSTEM RIVERS REPORTED HIGH FLOWS
WITH ISOLATED AREAS OF FLOODING. THE GROUNDWATER RESPONSE WAS
FAVORABLE WITH SEVERAL WELLS RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS. AS
THE AREA TRANSITIONS OUT OF THE GROWING SEASON THERE WILL CONTINUE
TO BE LESS DEMAND ON SURFACE AND GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS MOVING
FORWARD.
.LOCAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK:
THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER’S (CPC) 6-10 AND 8-14 DAY OUTLOOKS ALL
FAVOR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES
THROUGH LATE OCTOBER. NOAA’S WINTER OUTLOOK RELEASED ON OCTOBER
20TH INDICATES SIGNALS FAVORING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS
SOUTHERN PARTS OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COUNTIES. PRECIPITATION
OUTLOOKS FAVOR ABOVE NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR THE MOUNTAIN AND LAKES
REGIONS, WHILE THE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWARD TO THE COAST REMAIN NEAR
NORMAL.
.SUMMARY…
LINGERING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE
AS THE AREA TRANSITIONS OUT OF THE GROWING SEASON. THE DROUGHT
CHANCES FOR NEXT YEAR WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON WHETHER MORE
PRECIPITATION FALLS AS RAIN OR SNOW THIS WINTER, WHICH IS NOT
SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTED IN NOAA’S OUTLOOK PRODUCTS. MORE RAIN
WOULD OVERWHELM THE RESERVOIRS, REQUIRING WATER MANAGERS TO
RELEASE SOME OF THEIR ALREADY-COLLECTED SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE
WINTER. SNOW WOULD STAY IN THE MOUNTAINS AS NATURAL STORAGE WITH A
SLOWER RELEASE MAINLY IN SPRING.
.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE: THIS WILL BE THE LAST DROUGHT STATEMENT IN
2022 UNLESS CONDITIONS WORSEN AND A NEW STATEMENT IS NEEDED.
.RELATED WEB SITES:
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND
AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES:
US DROUGHT MONITOR: HTTPS://DROUGHTMONITOR.UNL.EDU
US DROUGHT INFORMATION SYSTEM: HTTPS://WWW.DROUGHT.GOV
NOAA DROUGHT PAGE: HTTPS://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/DROUGHT
NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER:
HTTP://WWW.NRCC.CORNELL.EDU
NEW YORK STATE CLIMATE OFFICE:
HTTP://NYSC.EAS.CORNELL.EDU
ADDITIONAL WATER AND RIVER INFORMATION:
NWS: HTTPS://WATER.WEATHER.GOV
OWP: HTTPS://WATER.NOAA.GOV
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (USGS): HTTPS://WATER.USGS.GOV
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE): HTTPS://WWW.USACE.ARMY.MIL
.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL
INFORMATION, 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.
.CONTACT INFORMATION:
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1 WEATHER LANE
GRAY ME 04039
PHONE...207-688-3216
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