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<br />Colorado Drou ht Watch <br /> <br />NOAA Drought Outlook <br /> <br />8) <br /> <br />April 16. 2001 <br /> <br />Seasonal U. S. Drought Outlook <br /> <br />Through .June 2002 <br />Released March 14, 2002 <br /> <br />l~'i'''''~'''''' <br />'. ., <br />'\g;i <br /> <br /> <br />'~< ,\ <br />Slow Improvem~t') <br />Likely' '.. <br />Some Waler Shortages <br />Persist <br /> <br />~~t <br />~ <br /> <br />,0 <br /> <br /><l. <br />~ <br />{) <br /> <br /> <br />~pjcts Q~~raJ. I3rg.::-sca~ trends based on st.bf.!cllV~~ do:ri,'ed <br />probab~ities guided t,y r-..JfrF.orous indic alors. inc Iudlng sh:>rt and <br />long-range statistical and dynan'ical foree asts Shor1-term efer1s.- 9Jch as <br />indf.ii<1JaI sDrn"J7-cannct 00 accura~~ forecast n"(lfe than a f~days in <br />advance, 9) use calAion if using this oollook for applcations--suc has <br />crops-thatc an be affected by sue h events. IniDal drOl.il;l11 areas.-sho-....n <br />9:hematicaly-are approxjmat~ from the Drought 'wlOnitor For w:e"~ <br />LPd31es on <tOUQht. 9N t~ latest Drought MOnitOf n'Up and ten <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 snowpack <br />extends across the Pacific Northwest, but snowpacks 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 />LJ <br /> <br />"Drought <br />improvement ;s <br />likely in Kansas, <br />Oklahoma, <br />southeast <br />Colorado, and <br />northwestern <br />New Mexico" <br /> <br />6 <br />