The Drought Story You Won’t Hear From NOAA

10 Responses to The Drought Story You Won’t Hear From NOAA

1. Andy DC says:

   January 11, 2014 at 7:22 pm

   Except for California, the permanent SW drought has evaporated!

   Reply
   • daveburton says:

     January 12, 2014 at 5:18 am

     Well, California and Idaho.

     Reply
     • stevengoddard says:

       January 12, 2014 at 5:28 am

       Idaho is getting slammed with snow.

       Reply
2. Lance says:

   January 11, 2014 at 9:52 pm

   and we hear nothing but wailing and gnashing of teeth from ha-who?

   Reply
3. Steve Keohane says:

   January 11, 2014 at 11:22 pm

   I’m in the white zone in W. Colorado, and have had 5.14″ of water precipitation the first three months of this water year, Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2013; compared to 4″ for normal. +28.5%
   Plus I ended last year with 1.53″ Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), and have 2.8″ SWE now with more coming tonight.

   Reply
4. Tony B says:

   January 12, 2014 at 12:30 am

   Central Texas could still do with a lot of rain. Austin might be green on the surface, but the lakes are very low. Need soaking rains.

   Reply
5. Blair Ivey says:

   January 12, 2014 at 3:25 am

   “Except for the Communist left coast, the drought is over.”

   Maybe there IS something to the ‘vengeful Gaia’ theory.

   Reply
6. Bob Tisdale says:

   January 12, 2014 at 2:11 pm

   The drought appears to be moving west. [sarc on] Maybe next year the drought will be over the North Pacific. [sarc off]

   Reply
   • X says:

     February 6, 2014 at 9:26 pm

     Maybe the relatively low PDO anomalies of 2013 and 2014 (so far) are to blame on the drier conditions of the West Coast. The rest of the country seems to have been positively affected by the polar vortex.

     Reply
7. Dave N says:

   January 12, 2014 at 10:25 pm

   I’m guessing you won’t hear much from Stink Poogress, either

   Reply