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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Colorado Drou ht Watch <br /> <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />u.s. Drought Monitor <br />~~8 <br />....\ . <br />~ ~/~; <br />Qft:f ~~ <br />? ~) <br />~ \ , <br />( \ <br />~, <br />\\~ <br /> <br />March 12, 2002 <br />,.,.,d 8~,rn.!'.ST <br /> <br />{) <br /> <br /> <br />USDA <br />iIiii <br /> <br /><./,j", <br />VW;lJ <br />""f'P'l'r' <br />>",~ <br /> <br />'/i'"''.''' <br />"' f" <br />'\- ,'~.... <br />....,.,,,....... <br /> <br />,,0 <br /> <br />\''\ 0 1(W) <br />-.~ ~ <br />"''\> <br /> <br />OOO/j"",",;lyD,y <br />001 D.ooglt-l..\:lder ne <br />Iiil D2 O.wglt-"ev", <br />. D3 D,wglt-&1.."~ <br />.1>4 O.wglt-OC'oplo",1 <br /> <br />Drought Jmp<iCt Type~; <br />AIIt!.. Aq.lclJtl.urt <br />Wll Wate,(HydrologK.lll) <br />f -=' fire d>itiil'lgi!'t (Wildfires) <br />,.,Delinemes dominant impacts <br />(Not,tp.' AIlS imp."") <br />ii'll!! Dr'OU9ht Abtl"ltor fOCi./$u on bro~d.,soJtM? condJtloft~. <br />/..()c.(ilcondition~ may wry, See a ccomp~nying text summ.lty <br />100r fOlecast '$-tatemen'l5. <br /> <br />lilt p:lldrollgI11.unl.ed lIJinonitor4n on itor. t.ml <br /> <br />Released Thursday, March 14, 2002 <br />Afllhon Rioh Tm~t; NOAA/CPC <br /> <br />More About the U.S. Drought Monitor <br /> <br />The Drought Monitor sununary map identifies general drought areas, labeling droughts by intensity, with D I being the least <br />intense and D4 being the most intense. DO, drought watch areas, are either drying out and possibly heading for drought, or are <br />recovering from drought but not yet back to normal, suffering long-term impacts such as low reservoir levels. <br /> <br />Drought intensity categories are based on six key indicators and numerous supplementary indicators. Because the ranges of <br />the various indicators often don't coincide, the final drought category tends to be based on what the majority of the indicators <br />show. The analysts producing the map also weight the indices according to how well they perform in various parts of the <br />country and at different times of the year. Also, additional indicators are often needed in the West, where winter snowfall has <br />a strong bearing on water supplies. <br /> <br />A partnership consisting of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Joint Agricultural Weather Facility and National Water and <br />Climate Center), the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center. and the National Drought Mitigation Center at <br />the University of Nebraska Lincoln produces the Drought Monitor. However, advice from many other sources is incorporated <br />in the product, including virtually every government agency dealing with drought. <br />