WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE CENTRAL REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 28 OF THE 2008 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 13 SEP 2008 SOIL PCT MONTH PRELIM-P PRECIP MOISTURE FIELD CHANGE MOIST FINAL -F NEEDED UPPER LOWER CAP. POT RUN CROP FROM ANOM PALMER TO END TEMP PCPN LAYER LAYER END EVAP OFF MOIST PREV (Z) DROUGHT DROUGHT ST CD CLIMATE DIVISION (F) (IN) (IN) (IN) WEEK (IN) (IN) INDEX WEEK INDEX INDEX (IN) CO 1 AR DRAINAGE BASIN 58.4 0.62 0.00 0.91 12.9 0.65 0.00 0.14 0.05 1.44 0.93 P CO 2 CO DRAINAGE BASIN 55.9 0.64 0.00 1.34 19.1 0.64 0.00 0.04 0.58 -0.43 -0.72 P 0.56 CO 3 KS DRAINAGE BASIN 58.2 0.94 0.32 2.50 35.2 0.62 0.00 0.50 0.27 1.45 3.05 F CO 4 PLATTE DRNG. BASIN 54.6 1.10 0.52 1.57 29.8 0.58 0.00 0.31 0.28 1.50 1.85 P CO 5 RIO GRANDE DRNG. B. 51.5 0.16 0.00 0.86 12.4 0.58 0.00 -0.11 -0.14 0.23 -1.11 P 0.90 IL 1 NORTHWEST 61.4 5.19 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.71 2.03 4.49 3.79 5.57 4.04 F IL 2 NORTHEAST 62.7 6.13 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.75 3.57 5.99 4.73 7.74 4.76 F IL 3 WEST 63.5 5.42 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.73 3.80 5.73 3.96 8.15 3.91 F IL 4 CENTRAL 64.0 4.70 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.75 2.74 5.01 3.20 7.90 4.86 F IL 5 EAST 64.1 2.93 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.77 0.47 2.96 1.41 5.11 4.11 F IL 6 WEST SOUTHWEST 66.5 4.26 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.82 3.41 4.96 2.67 6.98 5.72 F IL 7 EAST SOUTHEAST 67.6 1.95 1.00 6.49 83.2 0.85 0.00 1.22 0.59 2.27 4.29 F IL 8 SOUTHWEST 70.6 0.70 0.46 4.25 52.3 0.94 0.00 0.21 -0.23 0.87 2.35 P IL 9 SOUTHEAST 71.5 0.82 0.00 4.52 50.2 0.98 0.00 0.05 0.19 -0.46 1.98 P IN 1 NORTHWEST 64.5 3.34 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.80 1.39 3.23 2.02 4.69 4.55 F IN 2 NORTH CENTRAL 65.0 2.74 1.00 5.93 77.0 0.82 0.00 1.28 1.47 1.60 3.23 P IN 3 NORTHEAST 64.8 2.66 1.00 5.04 67.2 0.82 0.00 0.67 1.52 0.76 0.96 P IN 4 WEST CENTRAL 66.4 1.36 0.82 5.21 67.0 0.84 0.00 0.41 0.33 0.54 3.55 P IN 5 CENTRAL 67.0 1.16 0.30 5.43 63.7 0.86 0.00 0.23 0.45 -1.06 3.32 P IN 6 EAST CENTRAL 65.5 0.93 0.10 4.66 52.9 0.83 0.00 -0.30 0.53 -1.89 1.27 P IN 7 SOUTHWEST 70.8 2.09 1.00 4.28 58.7 0.96 0.00 0.44 1.12 0.00 2.97 P IN 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 70.4 1.38 0.44 4.57 55.6 0.94 0.00 -0.03 0.70 -0.81 1.81 P IN 9 SOUTHEAST 69.1 1.28 0.37 4.18 50.6 0.91 0.00 -0.20 0.74 -1.07 1.85 P IA 1 NORTHWEST 59.3 0.67 0.00 5.40 54.0 0.67 0.00 -0.01 0.20 -0.83 0.54 P IA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 59.4 0.66 0.00 5.71 57.1 0.67 0.00 -0.17 0.22 -1.04 1.88 P IA 3 NORTHEAST 59.4 1.18 0.51 6.25 67.6 0.67 0.00 0.14 0.55 -0.68 4.28 P IA 4 WEST CENTRAL 60.1 1.10 0.43 6.14 65.7 0.67 0.00 0.38 0.35 0.19 2.97 P IA 5 CENTRAL 60.3 1.86 1.00 7.66 86.6 0.66 0.00 1.12 1.02 0.73 5.39 F IA 6 EAST CENTRAL 60.9 3.21 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.69 0.21 2.50 2.12 3.53 6.23 F IA 7 SOUTHWEST 61.0 2.49 1.00 6.08 70.8 0.68 0.00 0.77 1.44 0.24 2.51 P IA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 61.7 4.10 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.70 1.14 3.40 3.11 2.88 6.50 F IA 9 SOUTHEAST 62.7 5.25 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.73 3.46 5.08 3.99 6.02 5.92 F KS 1 NORTHWEST 60.5 1.16 0.52 3.48 36.4 0.64 0.00 0.55 0.29 1.69 1.58 F KS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 63.2 2.15 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.70 0.33 2.54 1.29 4.24 5.18 F KS 3 NORTHEAST 63.6 4.31 1.00 9.00 100.0 0.71 0.14 3.22 3.11 3.61 3.15 F KS 4 WEST CENTRAL 62.2 0.68 0.00 1.48 16.4 0.69 0.00 0.24 0.05 1.15 1.32 F KS 5 CENTRAL 65.2 2.31 1.00 6.16 89.5 0.76 0.00 2.43 1.15 3.96 4.66 F KS 6 EAST CENTRAL 65.3 5.10 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.75 2.05 4.42 3.78 4.97 4.04 F KS 7 SOUTHWEST 65.8 0.42 0.00 0.73 8.1 0.78 0.00 0.19 -0.08 3.40 1.62 F KS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 67.0 3.60 1.00 5.47 92.5 0.80 0.00 3.12 2.12 5.35 4.88 F KS 9 SOUTHEAST 67.8 4.70 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.81 2.90 5.25 3.45 5.63 6.28 F KY 1 WESTERN 74.7 0.15 0.00 2.93 32.5 1.09 0.00 -1.59 -0.46 -1.88 -0.85 P 1.81 KY 2 CENTRAL 73.8 0.18 0.00 3.26 36.2 1.06 0.00 -1.46 -0.41 -1.98 -1.47 P 3.65 KY 3 BLUE GRASS 72.1 0.70 0.00 3.66 40.7 1.00 0.00 -1.01 0.31 -2.05 -1.56 P 3.46 KY 4 EASTERN 72.7 0.37 0.00 1.74 29.1 1.03 0.00 -1.28 -0.29 -1.81 -2.65 P 5.73 MI 1 WEST UPPER 54.1 1.58 0.97 3.09 57.9 0.61 0.00 0.04 0.82 -0.27 -0.99 P 1.61 MI 2 EAST UPPER 55.1 1.17 0.52 2.42 48.9 0.65 0.00 0.04 0.52 0.12 0.75 P MI 3 NORTHWEST LOWER 57.9 0.95 0.91 2.07 49.7 0.68 0.00 0.14 0.12 1.64 2.02 P MI 4 NORTHEAST LOWER 56.9 0.70 1.00 4.12 73.2 0.67 0.00 0.45 -0.40 2.71 3.16 F MI 5 WEST CENTRAL LOWER 59.7 1.64 1.00 3.62 77.0 0.72 0.00 0.94 0.52 3.12 2.87 F MI 6 CENTRAL LOWER 59.2 1.94 1.00 4.15 85.8 0.69 0.00 1.58 0.62 4.72 3.33 F MI 7 EAST CENTRAL LOWER 60.6 1.93 1.00 4.30 88.3 0.71 0.00 1.67 0.88 4.35 3.83 F MI 8 SOUTHWEST LOWER 62.7 4.98 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.77 2.24 4.36 3.76 7.71 4.91 F MI 9 SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER 62.4 4.65 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.76 0.64 3.03 3.11 6.23 3.80 F MI 10 SOUTHEAST LOWER 62.3 3.77 1.00 6.10 88.7 0.76 0.00 2.29 2.32 4.52 3.84 F MN 1 NORTHWEST 54.8 1.44 1.00 3.95 70.7 0.61 0.00 0.70 0.15 2.59 1.37 F MN 2 NORTH CENTRAL 54.0 1.49 1.00 2.70 52.9 0.60 0.00 0.03 0.69 -0.20 -0.74 P 1.08 MN 3 NORTHEAST 51.5 1.22 0.69 3.16 55.0 0.56 0.00 0.11 0.53 -0.21 -1.21 P 2.12 MN 4 WEST CENTRAL 56.5 1.01 0.50 2.39 41.3 0.62 0.00 0.15 0.44 -0.06 -0.28 P MN 5 CENTRAL 56.5 0.95 0.62 3.04 45.8 0.62 0.00 -0.04 0.42 0.15 -0.80 P 1.19 MN 6 EAST CENTRAL 55.6 1.39 0.79 2.72 50.2 0.62 0.00 0.11 0.60 -0.05 -0.79 P 1.29 MN 7 SOUTHWEST 58.1 0.39 0.00 3.00 37.6 0.65 0.00 -0.31 0.00 -1.16 -0.85 P 1.24 MN 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 58.7 0.45 0.00 3.18 39.7 0.65 0.00 -0.60 0.13 -1.50 -1.00 P 1.75 MN 9 SOUTHEAST 58.6 0.54 0.00 3.26 40.7 0.66 0.00 -0.64 0.27 -1.67 -0.02 P MO 1 NORTHWEST PRAIRIE 63.6 5.50 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.73 3.90 5.70 4.20 6.83 5.47 F MO 2 NORTHEAST PRAIRIE 65.9 5.40 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.79 4.61 6.65 3.29 9.03 7.23 F MO 3 WEST CENTRAL PLAINS 67.5 5.39 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.83 4.10 6.16 3.59 7.03 5.34 F MO 4 WEST OZARKS 70.8 3.95 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.95 3.00 4.95 1.87 6.05 6.66 F MO 5 EAST OZARKS 70.7 2.37 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.95 1.37 3.39 0.27 6.18 5.42 F MO 6 BOOTHEEL 73.3 0.28 0.00 2.52 31.4 1.03 0.00 0.13 -0.22 1.49 0.69 P NE 1 PANHANDLE 56.3 0.94 0.47 1.08 17.2 0.59 0.00 0.20 0.13 1.61 -0.03 P NE 2 NORTH CENTRAL 57.6 1.04 0.58 3.00 44.8 0.61 0.00 0.35 0.27 0.63 2.56 P NE 3 NORTHEAST 59.6 1.16 0.59 4.42 50.1 0.64 0.00 0.27 0.51 0.11 2.83 P NE 5 CENTRAL 59.3 1.02 0.66 5.98 60.3 0.63 0.00 0.49 0.22 0.99 4.32 F NE 6 EAST CENTRAL 60.5 1.59 1.00 5.88 68.8 0.65 0.00 0.74 0.53 0.87 4.11 P NE 7 SOUTHWEST 58.5 0.79 0.31 4.49 48.0 0.60 0.00 0.60 0.16 1.16 3.06 F NE 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.9 0.92 0.35 6.16 65.1 0.65 0.00 0.84 0.14 2.75 4.54 F NE 9 SOUTHEAST 61.3 2.36 1.00 7.85 80.4 0.66 0.00 1.39 1.31 1.44 3.63 F ND 1 NORTHWEST 53.0 0.34 0.28 0.41 11.5 0.57 0.00 0.09 0.01 1.62 -0.01 P ND 2 NORTH CENTRAL 54.7 0.44 0.24 1.72 28.0 0.62 0.00 0.23 -0.03 1.30 1.76 F ND 3 NORTHEAST 55.6 0.49 0.38 2.59 42.4 0.64 0.00 0.28 -0.11 1.24 1.05 F ND 4 WEST CENTRAL 54.6 0.31 0.00 0.38 4.8 0.60 0.00 -0.12 0.43 -0.23 -3.51 P 4.38 ND 5 CENTRAL 55.1 0.69 0.29 2.06 29.4 0.62 0.00 0.21 0.06 1.17 0.87 P ND 6 EAST CENTRAL 55.6 1.78 1.00 4.42 67.8 0.62 0.00 1.13 0.54 3.34 1.92 F ND 7 SOUTHWEST 54.9 0.22 0.00 0.35 4.4 0.60 0.00 -0.89 0.11 -1.42 -4.21 P 5.13 ND 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 54.8 0.49 0.14 1.66 22.4 0.58 0.00 0.21 0.07 0.89 0.94 F ND 9 SOUTHEAST 55.7 1.81 1.00 3.99 62.4 0.61 0.00 1.06 0.56 3.72 2.28 F SD 1 NORTHWEST 55.8 0.55 0.00 2.41 30.2 0.61 0.00 0.44 0.15 0.88 3.69 F SD 2 NORTH CENTRAL 55.9 1.09 0.49 3.09 44.8 0.60 0.00 0.89 0.35 1.85 4.85 F SD 3 NORTHEAST 56.8 1.16 1.00 4.46 68.2 0.62 0.00 0.98 0.02 3.06 4.54 F SD 4 BLACK HILLS 54.2 0.69 0.15 3.68 47.8 0.57 0.00 0.22 0.20 -0.09 0.77 P SD 5 SOUTHWEST 56.6 0.51 0.00 2.32 28.9 0.59 0.00 0.36 0.13 0.44 3.28 F SD 6 CENTRAL 57.9 0.69 0.35 3.15 43.8 0.62 0.00 0.88 0.06 2.20 5.83 F SD 7 EAST CENTRAL 57.9 0.34 0.31 3.14 43.1 0.64 0.00 0.25 -0.11 0.43 3.49 P SD 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 57.9 0.53 0.42 1.25 27.9 0.61 0.00 0.14 0.17 0.58 2.19 P SD 9 SOUTHEAST 59.1 0.38 0.00 2.70 33.8 0.64 0.00 0.04 0.01 -0.76 2.05 P WI 1 NORTHWEST 55.5 1.35 0.72 3.01 53.3 0.63 0.00 -0.13 0.67 -1.06 -1.16 P 2.30 WI 2 NORTH CENTRAL 54.2 1.30 0.71 3.78 56.1 0.59 0.00 -0.21 0.70 -1.45 -1.91 P 4.22 WI 3 NORTHEAST 55.3 1.11 0.50 3.38 48.5 0.61 0.00 -0.41 0.67 -1.43 -1.30 P 2.58 WI 4 WEST CENTRAL 57.4 0.65 0.01 4.46 55.9 0.64 0.00 -0.18 0.23 -1.13 1.31 P WI 5 CENTRAL 57.5 0.83 0.18 5.13 59.0 0.65 0.00 -0.11 0.35 -1.32 1.79 P WI 6 EAST CENTRAL 58.7 0.94 0.25 4.11 54.5 0.69 0.00 0.01 0.44 -1.02 2.14 P WI 7 SOUTHWEST 59.1 1.36 0.69 4.18 60.9 0.67 0.00 0.19 0.65 -0.66 4.70 P WI 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.2 1.72 1.00 4.29 66.1 0.70 0.00 0.44 0.69 0.43 4.91 P WI 9 SOUTHEAST 61.7 1.89 1.00 5.99 77.6 0.75 0.00 0.91 0.60 1.68 4.72 P WY 1 YELLOWSTONE DRAINAGE 47.4 0.08 0.00 1.01 14.5 0.51 0.00 -1.48 0.12 -2.28 -6.93 F 8.31 WY 2 SNAKE DRAINAGE 49.2 0.03 0.00 1.30 18.6 0.56 0.00 -1.28 -0.14 -1.63 -4.62 F 6.65 WY 3 GREEN AND BEAR DRNG. 51.6 0.14 0.00 0.20 2.8 0.58 0.00 -0.75 0.07 -0.79 -7.18 P 6.41 WY 4 BIG HORN 52.1 0.34 0.09 0.53 7.8 0.52 0.00 0.16 0.07 3.31 0.87 P WY 5 PWDR/LTL MO/TONGUE D 50.7 0.41 0.00 1.10 13.7 0.49 0.00 -0.10 0.76 -0.36 -2.20 P 2.20 WY 6 BELLE FOURCHE DRNG. 50.9 0.59 0.11 1.98 26.1 0.48 0.00 0.09 0.54 0.32 -1.13 P 1.02 WY 7 CHEYENNE/NIOBRARA DR 55.8 0.63 0.02 1.30 16.5 0.61 0.00 0.17 0.17 0.46 0.14 P WY 8 LOWER PLATTE 55.0 0.52 0.00 0.47 5.8 0.59 0.00 0.01 0.79 0.15 -3.95 P 4.37 WY 9 WIND RIVER 52.6 0.28 0.00 0.38 4.7 0.54 0.00 -0.07 0.75 -0.24 -3.54 P 3.17 WY 10 UPPER PLATTE 50.8 0.40 0.00 0.47 5.9 0.55 0.00 -0.83 1.07 -1.47 -7.29 P 6.81 END OF DATA