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<br />Colorado Drou ht Watch <br /> <br />NOAA Drought Outlook <br /> <br />e) <br /> <br />April 2. 2002 <br /> <br />Seasonal U. S. Drought Outlook <br /> <br />Through June 2002 <br />Re/eilSed March 14, 2002 <br /> <br />/S-"~ <br />I.':i") <br />'.$/ <br /> <br /> <br />~ '0 , <br />~ ~ , <br />Slow ImprovemJ1'lt'\ <br />Likely' '.J <br />Some Water Shortage. <br />Persist <br /> <br />Slow Improv~ment <br />Likel~'1 <br />Some Water. P'lortag <br />Per.. <br /> <br />---... <br /> <br />"j \. <br />>~ <br />- <br /> <br />,0 <br /> <br />o.~ <br />() <br /> <br /> <br />DePIcts Q~neral. brge-scale trends based on sWJo?Cl(\j'e~ ~t1....ed <br />prOOabllilies QLJdM by rn.ln-erous indiC "ors. intkJdirg soon and <br />long-range ~a1istlC31 3I1d dynan1callorecasts, Short-term fiNerts.'9Jch 3S <br />individu31 sbrrr&-c3l1m 00 accurate~ forecast nue than a f'!Nd;Jfsin <br />advance, 9:l use caUllon if using ths oollook for applcalions-suc h as <br />crops-lhatc an be 3I'fected by such events Initial drougl1: areas--shov.n <br />5themalicaly-:n approximated from the QrOU!l1t Monitor. For ~e"~ <br />updates on ciou~t, 9N tho:: latest Drougtt Monitor n'Dp 3"ld teet <br /> <br />NOAA Seasonal Assessment: <br /> <br />The outlook indicates continued slow improvement in most of the Great <br />Basin and central Rockies, but drought is likely to persist in Montana and <br />Wyoming as well as in the Southwest. Normal to above- normal snow pack <br />extends across the Pacific Northwest, but snow packs diminish dramatically <br />eastward into the northern Rockies and southward into the Desert South- <br />west. With the snow season soon coming to a close in the northern Rock- <br />ies, it is unlikely enough precipitation will fall to bring significant drought <br />relief to Montana and Wyoming. In the Southwest, where recent dryness <br />has raised fire concerns, the season is also coming to an end, making sig- <br />nificant dryness relief difficult until the summer rainy season starts. Slow <br />improvement, with some lingering water shortages, can be expected in <br />west and south Texas. Drought improvement is likely in Kansas, Okla- <br />homa, southeast Colorado, and northwestern New Mexico. <br /> <br />L~/ <br /> <br />"Drought <br />improvement is <br />likely in Kansas, <br />Oklahoma, <br />southeast <br />COlorado, and <br />northwestern <br />New Mexico" <br /> <br />, <br />