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Southeast
Arizona Drought Monitoring
(May
precipitation data was
on June 10th)
Preliminary June precipitation data
will be posted by July 15th
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Drought
conditions update (as of July 5th) - Monsoonal moisture moved
into southeast Arizona over the 4th of July holiday weekend. Scattered
heavy rain occurred each day from the 3rd through the 5th. No changes
were made on this weeks weeks National
Drought Monitor map. EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT (D4)
conditions exit over much of Graham and Cochise counties. Extreme drought
conditions (D3) continues over the remainder of Greenlee, Cochise
and Graham counties, and over the eastern parts of Pinal and Pima counties.
Severe drought conditions (D2) exists across the remainder of southeast
Pinal county down into central Pima county while Moderate drought conditions
(D1) exists across western Pima county.
Outlook
for the period of July 6th through 12th. With
monsoon moisture in place, expect daily afternoon and evening showers
and thunderstorms, some of which may produce localized heavy rain. Check
the latest forecast
discussion issued by NWS Tucson for the latest forecast
details. The next update to drought conditions will be during the week
of July 12th.
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do the above graphics show? The area shaded BLACK shows monthly
precipitation departure from (1971-2000) normals. The RED
line depicts 12-month total precipitation departure from normal with SURPLUSES
above the zero line and DEFICITS below
the zero line. The BLUE line shows what
is the 60% departure of the yearly normal. Note: x-axis time scale is
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| Precipitation
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| Arizona
statewide drought program |
| NOAA Drought
information center |
| What is DROUGHT? |
| Arizona
drought data |
| Additional
drought monitoring links |
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