http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=mqt&product=DGT&issuedby=MQT&format=ci&version=1 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:15:01 GMT Marquette MI Drought Information Statement en-us w-mqt.webmaster@noaa.gov w-mqt.webmaster@noaa.gov http://www.weather.gov/images/xml_logo.gif http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mqt http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=mqt&product=DGT&issuedby=MQT&format=ci&version=1 DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1250 PM EDT FRI SEP 16 2011 /1150 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011/ ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSEN ACROSS MOST OF UPPER MICHIGAN DUE TO A DRY JULY AND AUGUST... SYNOPSIS... THE SEPTEMBER 13TH RELEASE OF THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR HAS ADDED A SEVERE /D2/ DROUGHT TO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. THIS IS DUE TO THE WELL BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION RECEIVED OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN DURING THE JULY AND AUGUST PERIOD. A SEVERE /D2/ DROUGHT IS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MARQUETTE COUNTY AND FAR NORTHEAST BARAGA COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM SKANEE TO NEGAUNEE...TO MARQUETTE. A MODERATE /D1/ DROUGHT EXISTS OVER LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM TWIN LAKES TO ARNOLD...TO CHRISTMAS. A ABNORMALLY DRY /D0/ DROUGHT STATUS EXISTS OVER THE REST OF UPPER MICHIGAN...EXCEPT FOR FAR EASTERN CHIPPEWA AND MACKINAC COUNTIES. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ DROUGHT INDICATORS SHOW A SEVERE TO EXTREME SHORT TERM DROUGHT STATUS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN...WITH A SEVERE DROUGHT STATUS OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN ON THE LONG TERM DROUGHT INDICATOR. THIS SHORT TERM LACK OF PRECIPITATION AMPLIFIES THE LONG TERM DRYNESS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN...2 TO 4 YEARS...CAUSING HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS... THE MSU EXTENSION OFFICE OF ALGER COUNTY NOTES THAT CORN HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY BEEN AFFECTED BY THE DROUGHT THIS SUMMER. DRY BEANS AND POTATOES HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTED BY THE LACK OF PRECIPITATION. HYDROLOGIC PARTNERS IN UPPER MICHIGAN HAVE HAD TO IMPLEMENT LOW WATER PLANS FOR FLOWS FROM A FEW DAMS...WHICH ARE APPROACHING HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS. NO OTHER KNOWN RECENT LOCAL...AGRICULTURAL...FIRE...OR WATER IMPACTS AT THIS TIME. CLIMATE SUMMARY... AUGUST WAS A DRY MONTH OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN...WITH ONLY A FEW LOCATIONS OVER FAR WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN RECEIVING ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST RANGES FROM 2.75 TO 3.75 INCHES OF RAIN. THE TABLE BELOW CONTAINS SELECTED AUGUST 2011 PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. LOCATION AUGUST PRECIPITATION GARDEN CORNERS 0.50 INCH HARVEY 0.71 INCH CHATHAM 0.73 INCH COOKS 0.75 INCH MARQUETTE CITY 0.85 INCH /1.78 INCHES BELOW NORMAL/ GLADSTONE 4NW 0.97 INCH TWO HEART 1.09 INCHES NWS MARQUETTE 1.12 INCHES /1.93 INCHES BELOW NORMAL/ NORWAY 1.29 INCHES COPPER HARBOR 1.32 INCHES WETMORE 1.35 INCHES BARAGA 1.38 INCHES MUNISING 1.44 INCHES /1.04 INCHES BELOW NORMAL/ MANISTIQUE 1.45 INCHES /1.44 INCHES BELOW NORMAL/ BIG BAY 1.47 INCHES STAMBAUGH 2SSE 1.48 INCHES CLARKSBURG 1.51 INCHES DAGGETT 1.60 INCHES MOHAWK 1.79 INCHES NEWBERRY 1.88 INCHES /1.35 INCHES BELOW NORMAL/ TWIN LAKES 2.02 INCHES JACOBSVILLE 2.14 INCHES HOUGHTON 2.35 INCHES /0.06 INCH ABOVE NORMAL/ PAINESDALE 2.36 INCHES GWINN 2.56 INCHES ATLANTIC MINE 2.62 INCHES WITCH LAKE 2.64 INCHES WATERSMEET 2.77 INCHES MENOMINEE 3.11 INCHES HERMAN 3.43 INCHES WATTON 3.49 INCHES IRONWOOD 3.53 INCHES /0.16 INCH ABOVE NORMAL/ ROCKLAND 3.74 INCHES ONTONAGON 6SSE 4.09 INCHES /1.23 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL/ BERGLAND DAM 4.24 INCHES GREENLAND 6N 4.73 INCHES AFTER A WET JUNE FOR MANY LOCATIONS IN UPPER MICHIGAN...JULY STARTED A DRY PERIOD WHICH CONTINUED INTO AUGUST. THIS PRODUCED THE DRIEST JULY THROUGH AUGUST PERIOD AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEGAUNEE TOWNSHIP. HERE ARE SOME PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS FROM THE JULY THROUGH AUGUST 2011 PERIOD. OBSERVED NORMAL DEPARTURE RECORD RANK (OR PREVIOUS) MARQUETTE NWS 1.98 5.89 -3.91 2.51 (1969) RECORD DRIEST MARQUETTE CITY 2.28 5.45 -3.17 1.95 (1892) 6TH DRIEST NEWBERRY 4.39 6.33 -1.94 1.33 (2000) 7TH DRIEST MUNISING 3.49 5.75 -2.26 1.67 (1969) 12TH DRIEST MANISTIQUE 4.16 5.91 -1.75 2.20 (1947) 14TH DRIEST HOUGHTON 3.75 4.90 -1.15 1.58 (2005) 17TH DRIEST IRONWOOD 6.19 7.47 -1.28 1.80 (1907) ---- ONTONAGON 6.14 6.14 0.00 1.62 (2005) ---- ---- RANK NOT IN TOP 25 SEPTEMBER HAS CONTINUED THE DRY PERIOD ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN WITH MOST LOCATIONS RECEIVING LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS...THERE WILL BE A COUPLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONTS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. THE FIRST WILL COME ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM OCCURRING ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS WILL BE NEAR NORMAL. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/ IS FORECASTING AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR UPPER MICHIGAN IN THE 8 TO 14 DAY OUTLOOK. FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 2011 THROUGH DECEMBER 2011...CPC HAS AN ENHANCED POTENTIAL FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF ABOVE...NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION ACROSS ALL OF UPPER MICHIGAN. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK... AS OF SEPTEMBER 16TH...INSTANTANEOUS VALUES AT MOST RIVERS ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN ARE BELOW NORMAL OR MUCH BELOW NORMAL. IN ADDITION...7...14...AND 28 DAY STREAMFLOWS ARE IN THE LOWEST 10TH PERCENTILE...WITH SEVERAL SITES ALSO AT RECORD LOW VALUES. SOIL MOISTURE VALUES ARE BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF UPPER MICHIGAN...WITH LOCATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN IN THE 5TH PERCENTILE. NEXT ISSUANCE DATE... THIS PRODUCT WITH BE UPDATED BY THE END OF OCTOBER OR SOONER IF NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. && RELATED WEB SITES... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/... U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML NOAA DROUGHT PAGE...HTTP://WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER /CPC/...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV MICHIGAN CLIMATE OFFICE...HTTP://CLIMATE.GEO.MSU.EDU ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION... NWS...HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS USGS...HTTP://WATER.USGS.GOV/ USACE...HTTP://WWW.MVR.USACE.ARMY.MIL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER. INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND FAA OBSERVATION SITES...STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICES...THE USDA...USACE AND USGS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS... IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT...PLEASE CONTACT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 112 AIRPARK DR S NEGAUNEE MI 49866 PHONE...906-475-5212 W-MQT.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV $$ SRF ]]> Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:15:01 GMT