WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 49 OF THE 2009 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 6 FEB 2010 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) AL 1 NORTHERN VALLEY 39.2 1.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 1.65 3.04 0.27 2.16 4.95 F AL 2 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 40.3 1.97 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 1.92 3.57 0.26 2.13 4.88 F AL 3 UPPER PLAINS 42.8 2.24 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 2.17 3.93 0.44 3.04 6.48 F AL 4 EASTERN VALLEY 42.0 2.31 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 2.25 3.85 0.64 2.21 5.32 F AL 5 PIEDMONT PLATEAU 42.3 2.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 2.46 4.47 0.47 3.52 6.70 F AL 6 PRAIRIE 44.6 2.76 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 2.69 4.77 0.61 4.71 7.20 F AL 7 COASTAL PLAIN 46.6 2.46 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 2.37 4.82 -0.09 5.29 6.87 F AL 8 GULF 49.1 2.07 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.12 1.95 4.18 -0.26 4.48 5.29 F AR 1 NORTHWEST 32.3 0.73 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.73 1.58 -0.10 1.43 3.73 P AR 2 NORTH CENTRAL 32.5 0.96 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.00 0.96 2.07 -0.15 1.65 6.43 F AR 3 NORTHEAST 32.3 0.78 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.00 0.78 1.89 -0.32 0.53 5.23 P AR 4 WEST CENTRAL 34.4 1.06 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.01 1.05 2.04 0.08 1.40 4.90 F AR 5 CENTRAL 36.5 1.30 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.02 1.28 2.29 0.30 0.79 7.16 P AR 6 EAST CENTRAL 36.1 0.89 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.01 0.88 1.93 -0.18 0.62 6.31 P AR 7 SOUTHWEST 38.8 1.41 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.03 1.38 2.38 0.38 1.04 6.64 F AR 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 38.5 1.24 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.02 1.22 2.46 -0.01 1.12 7.73 F AR 9 SOUTHEAST 39.3 1.20 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 1.17 2.74 -0.38 1.68 6.26 F FL 1 NORTHWEST 50.6 1.86 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.14 1.72 3.61 -0.17 4.49 4.03 F FL 2 NORTH 54.5 1.22 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 1.03 2.20 -0.13 3.32 1.90 F FL 3 NORTH CENTRAL 58.9 1.47 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.26 1.21 1.48 0.71 2.16 1.52 F FL 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.1 1.13 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.32 0.79 0.86 0.80 0.87 1.26 F FL 5 EVERGLADES/SW COAST 65.8 1.19 1.00 4.21 86.9 0.43 0.00 0.79 0.65 0.85 1.53 F FL 6 LOWER EAST COAST 69.9 1.98 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.58 0.76 1.45 1.40 0.92 1.53 F FL 7 KEYS 70.5 1.46 0.90 0.73 27.1 0.56 0.00 0.22 0.24 0.50 -0.08 P GA 1 NORTHWEST 39.4 2.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 2.55 4.37 0.73 3.05 5.37 F GA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 38.4 2.99 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 2.95 4.74 1.17 3.48 6.38 F GA 3 NORTHEAST 37.7 3.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 3.77 6.11 1.43 5.17 7.67 F GA 4 WEST CENTRAL 41.5 2.29 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 2.23 4.18 0.30 3.99 6.66 F GA 5 CENTRAL 41.7 1.85 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 1.80 3.52 0.08 3.90 6.18 F GA 6 EAST CENTRAL 42.8 1.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 1.53 3.16 -0.09 4.49 4.74 F GA 7 SOUTHWEST 46.7 1.48 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 1.39 3.64 -0.86 4.60 4.91 F GA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 48.9 1.43 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.12 1.31 2.89 -0.26 4.14 3.50 F GA 9 SOUTHEAST 49.9 1.39 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.13 1.26 2.58 -0.07 3.91 2.63 F LA 1 NORTHWEST 42.4 0.84 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 0.79 1.82 -0.22 0.37 4.99 P LA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 41.8 1.17 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 1.13 2.18 0.07 0.53 4.46 P LA 3 NORTHEAST 42.0 1.70 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.05 1.65 2.76 0.57 1.37 4.45 F LA 4 WEST CENTRAL 44.4 1.89 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 1.82 2.54 1.12 0.34 3.09 P LA 5 CENTRAL 45.0 2.79 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 2.73 3.59 1.88 1.04 3.20 F LA 6 EAST CENTRAL 47.5 3.09 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.10 2.99 3.69 2.29 1.06 3.72 F LA 7 SOUTHWEST 47.4 2.50 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 2.41 3.44 1.41 1.08 3.26 F LA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 47.4 2.56 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 2.47 2.80 1.97 0.47 3.43 P LA 9 SOUTHEAST 48.3 2.57 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.09 2.48 3.09 1.88 1.00 3.40 F MS 1 UPPER DELTA 37.2 1.05 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.02 1.03 2.51 -0.43 1.56 5.66 F MS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 37.0 1.20 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.02 1.18 2.57 -0.21 1.68 5.01 F MS 3 NORTHEAST 37.5 1.54 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.02 1.52 2.83 0.21 2.08 4.09 F MS 4 LOWER DELTA 39.7 1.30 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.03 1.27 2.79 -0.26 1.97 5.59 F MS 5 CENTRAL 40.6 2.00 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 1.96 3.30 0.60 2.00 5.36 F MS 6 EAST CENTRAL 40.0 2.16 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.04 2.12 3.59 0.67 2.72 5.87 F MS 7 SOUTHWEST 43.3 2.59 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.06 2.53 3.73 1.34 1.95 4.60 F MS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 44.4 2.99 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 2.92 3.96 1.89 1.78 4.31 F MS 9 SOUTHEAST 44.7 3.21 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.07 3.14 4.43 1.85 3.10 4.42 F MS 10 COASTAL 48.8 3.01 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.11 2.90 4.21 1.59 2.74 4.56 F NM 1 NORTHWESTERN PLATEAU 30.0 0.14 1.00 2.54 50.6 0.00 0.00 0.07 -0.12 4.25 1.74 F NM 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 29.7 0.25 1.00 2.68 52.6 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.00 2.62 1.49 F NM 3 NORTHEASTERN PLAINS 31.5 0.68 1.00 0.76 25.1 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.06 2.93 1.61 F NM 4 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 34.1 0.26 1.00 2.82 54.6 0.03 0.00 0.12 -0.21 5.77 2.82 F NM 5 CENTRAL VALLEY 38.3 0.44 1.00 1.19 31.2 0.05 0.00 0.12 0.04 3.89 2.74 F NM 6 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 33.8 0.36 1.00 1.59 36.9 0.02 0.00 0.12 0.00 1.48 -0.37 P NM 7 SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS 39.2 0.64 1.00 0.82 26.0 0.05 0.00 0.15 0.06 2.79 1.21 F NM 8 SOUTHERN DESERT 43.4 0.65 1.00 2.34 47.7 0.10 0.00 0.26 0.04 5.19 2.56 F OK 1 PANHANDLE 29.8 0.64 1.00 1.32 29.0 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.06 1.94 0.79 F OK 2 NORTH CENTRAL 30.7 0.37 1.00 5.88 98.3 0.00 0.00 0.36 -0.14 1.19 2.82 F OK 3 NORTHEAST 31.9 0.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 0.36 0.83 -0.13 1.00 2.45 P OK 4 WEST CENTRAL 31.4 0.73 1.00 5.21 88.7 0.00 0.00 0.85 0.11 2.39 2.38 F OK 5 CENTRAL 33.0 0.57 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.00 0.57 0.88 0.07 1.73 2.96 F OK 6 EAST CENTRAL 34.1 0.22 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.00 0.22 0.83 -0.38 0.84 2.12 P OK 7 SOUTHWEST 34.0 0.69 1.00 5.63 94.7 0.00 0.00 1.09 0.11 2.23 2.05 F OK 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 35.7 0.42 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.01 0.41 1.12 -0.30 1.50 2.73 F OK 9 SOUTHEAST 36.6 0.87 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.01 0.86 1.86 -0.14 1.47 4.43 F TN 1 EASTERN 32.9 1.91 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 1.91 3.63 0.18 3.27 5.11 F TN 2 CUMBERLAND PLATEAU 33.1 2.25 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.00 2.25 4.43 0.07 3.45 4.03 F TN 3 MIDDLE 33.7 1.54 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.00 1.54 2.82 0.26 1.50 3.36 P TN 4 WESTERN 33.4 0.83 1.00 3.00 100.0 0.00 0.83 1.85 -0.19 0.68 2.95 P TX 1 HIGH PLAINS 33.9 1.17 1.00 2.11 51.9 0.01 0.00 0.49 0.23 4.04 1.64 F TX 2 LOW ROLLING PLAINS 37.1 1.17 1.00 3.39 62.6 0.01 0.00 0.71 0.13 3.75 1.95 F TX 3 NORTH CENTRAL 40.5 0.85 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.03 0.82 2.04 -0.41 3.12 4.00 F TX 4 EAST TEXAS 44.6 1.25 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.07 1.18 1.93 0.44 0.66 3.78 P TX 5 TRANS PECOS 47.9 0.64 1.00 0.65 23.6 0.14 0.00 0.13 0.03 3.39 1.43 F TX 6 EDWARDS PLATEAU 44.2 1.56 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.06 0.98 2.14 0.86 4.02 2.38 F TX 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 47.4 1.52 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.07 1.45 2.00 0.91 3.16 3.63 F TX 8 UPPER COAST 48.7 1.19 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.09 1.10 1.78 0.43 1.31 2.07 F TX 9 SOUTHERN 53.3 1.64 1.00 5.17 77.1 0.13 0.00 1.16 1.03 3.95 3.30 F TX 10 LOWER VALLEY 57.7 1.60 1.00 5.41 80.1 0.19 0.00 1.29 1.00 1.59 3.50 F PR 1 NORTH COASTAL 82.2 0.04 0.00 3.71 61.8 1.29 0.00 -0.30 -0.83 0.35 -1.31 P 4.41 PR 2 SOUTH COASTAL 82.4 0.16 0.00 0.92 15.4 1.30 0.00 0.08 -0.20 0.36 1.87 P PR 3 NORTHERN SLOPES 80.6 0.07 0.00 3.84 64.0 1.23 0.00 0.12 -0.86 0.83 -0.34 P PR 4 SOUTHERN SLOPES 81.8 0.19 0.00 3.20 53.4 1.28 0.00 -0.54 -0.42 -1.34 -1.31 P 3.02 PR 5 EASTERN INTERIOR 76.7 0.14 0.00 5.87 83.9 0.98 0.00 0.39 -0.54 -0.68 0.30 P PR 6 WESTERN INTERIOR 77.4 0.08 0.00 6.24 78.0 1.02 0.00 -0.19 -0.35 -1.09 -3.12 F 9.15 END OF DATA