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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR
303 AM PDT THU OCT 14 2021
...EXCEPTIONAL/EXTREME DROUGHT PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON...
.SYNOPSIS:
AREAS OF DROUGHT CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OREGON.
WHILE ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
WASHINGTON AND OREGON FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, IT DID LITTLE
REDUCE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION.
ACCORDING TO THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR RELEASED ON OCTOBER 14TH...
EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON
THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OREGON WITH EXTREME DROUGHT OVER
THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST OREGON. MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT HAS
EXPANDED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON.
MODERATE TO EXTREME DROUGHT IS NOTED ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON CASCADES, WITH EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT EXTENDING ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN WASHINGTON.
A DROUGHT EMERGENCY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT
OF ECOLOGY FOR MUCH OF STATE OF WASHINGTON. DROUGHT DECLARATION
ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL EASTERN OREGON COUNTIES.
THE LATEST SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK INDICATES THAT DROUGHT
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE FALL AND WINTER, BUT SOME
AREAS OF DROUGHT WILL PERSIST.
DROUGHT IMPACT REPORTS CAN BE FOUND VIA THE U.S. DROUGHT PORTAL
IN THE RELATED WEBSITES SECTION.
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
WATER YEAR 2021 PRECIPITATION, (OCT 1, 2020 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2021)
WAS BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MUCH OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
MUCH OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND EASTERN OREGON SAW ONLY 50 TO 70
PERCENT OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE 2021 WATER YEAR WERE GENERALLY ABOVE
NORMAL. MOST AREAS WERE BEEN 1 TO 2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, WHILE
MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON SAW TEMPERATURES 2-3 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL.
AVERAGE STREAMFLOW AT THE MAJORITY OF USGS GAGING STATIONS ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL OREGON AS WELL AS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON
CONTINUE TO BE BELOW NORMAL TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL.
THE OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER FROM CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER HAS
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED CHANCES OF ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
THE THREE MONTH OUTLOOK FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY HAS EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE OR
BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES, WITH INCREASED CHANCES OF ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION.
.NEXT ISSUANCE DATE:
UPDATES TO THIS PRODUCT ARE GENERALLY MADE ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
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
WESTERN REGION CLIMATE CENTER...HTTP://WWW.WRCC.DRI.EDU
OREGON CLIMATE SERVICE...HTTP://OCS.OREGONSTATE.EDU
WASHINGTON CLIMATE OFFICE...HTTP://WWW.CLIMATE.WASHINGTON.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 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.
.CONTACT INFORMATION:
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION
STATEMENT, PLEASE CONTACT:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
2001 NW 56TH DRIVE
PENDLETON OR 97801
PHONE...541-276-7832
PDT.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV
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