DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TEXAS /SANTA TERESA NEW MEXICO 800 PM AM SAT OCT 04 2008 ...NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST NOR ARE FORECAST THROUGH DECEMBER 2008 FOR ALL AREAS IN THE EL PASO FORECAST AREA OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS... SYNOPSIS... DESPITE THE DRYING OBSERVED SINCE THE LAST MEASURABLE RAIN OF SEPTEMBER 11 IN EL PASO (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME MOUNTAIN SHOWERS IN THE GILA WILDERNESS AND THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS)...A VERY GENEROUS SUMMER MONSOON SEASON BROUGHT ABUNDANT RAINFALL (WITH JULY SETTING MONTHLY RECORDS FOR DEMING NEW MEXICO AND EL PASO TEXAS) TO FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO GIVING VIRTUALLY ALL AREAS A CONTINUED SURPLUS OF RAINFALL COMPARED TO NORMAL AT THIS TIME (EL PASO IS PRESENTLY RUNNING 22.4% ABOVE NORMAL).
THE U.S. SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK FOR OUR ENTIRE CWA IS FOR NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS THROUGH JANUARY 2009. THE CURRENT U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR MAP CAN BE FOUND AT...
http://drought.unl.edu/dm/dm_state.htm?nm,w
IMPACTS... FIRE DANGER CATEGORIES REMAIN GENERALLY AT MODERATE TO ISOLATED HIGH AREAS. REMEMBER THAN DROUGHT IS THE LEADING HAZARD IN ECONOMIC LOSES EACH YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS... THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER OF NOAA PREDICTS ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE UPCOMING MONTHS OF OCTOBER THROUGH AND JANUARY FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WITH BELOW NORMAL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION. THE OFFICIAL SEASONAL DROUGHT OUTLOOK VALID THROUGH DECEMBER 2008 CALLS FOR NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS PRODUCT WILL USUALLY BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH OR MORE OFTEN IF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN WEATHER...WATER SUPPLY...OR DROUGHT CONDITIONS OCCUR. RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT OR PAST DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES...
U.S DROUGHT MONITOR... http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
NWS PRECIPITATION ANALYSIS PAGE... http://www.srh.noaa.gov/rfcshare/precip_analysis_new.php
PUBLIC LANDS INFORMATION CENTER... http://publiclands.org/firenews/pressreleases/NM.php
CLIMATOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATOLOGY LINKS... http://www.drought.unl.edu/whatis/climlinks.htm
WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER... http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/
CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER... http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...
NWS... http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov/index.php?wfo=abq
USGS... http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nm/nwis/current?type=flow ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING THE NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER... THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTERS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 7955 AIRPORT ROAD SANTA TERESA NM 88008 PHONE...505-589-4088 DAVID NOVLAN CLIMATE FOCAL POINT Dave.Novlan@noaa.gov WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELPASO NOVLAN