WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 61 OF THE 2007 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 3 MAY 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) AL 1 NORTHERN VALLEY 62.5 1.20 0.85 5.00 97.6 0.64 0.00 0.59 0.03 -1.86 -2.51 P 8.41 AL 2 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 63.3 1.73 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 0.36 1.02 0.88 -1.62 -2.57 P 8.85 AL 3 UPPER PLAINS 64.7 1.72 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 0.43 1.08 0.52 -1.20 -1.34 P 4.90 AL 4 EASTERN VALLEY 64.1 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.68 0.10 0.66 0.44 -1.48 -2.95 P 11.60 AL 5 PIEDMONT PLATEAU 64.3 0.83 0.59 5.00 93.2 0.65 0.00 0.18 -0.01 -1.75 -2.58 P 10.44 AL 6 PRAIRIE 65.8 1.51 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.69 0.15 0.82 0.29 -1.02 -0.50 P 1.11 AL 7 COASTAL PLAIN 66.4 1.05 0.63 5.00 93.9 0.70 0.00 0.34 0.01 -1.47 -0.27 P AL 8 GULF 69.5 1.55 0.92 5.00 98.7 0.82 0.00 0.72 0.23 -1.02 0.88 P AR 1 NORTHWEST 57.6 0.58 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.52 0.06 1.61 -1.48 3.06 4.19 P AR 2 NORTH CENTRAL 58.6 1.25 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.54 0.71 2.02 -0.61 2.72 4.89 F AR 3 NORTHEAST 59.8 1.29 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.55 0.74 1.98 -0.49 0.74 3.92 F AR 4 WEST CENTRAL 59.5 0.85 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.54 0.31 1.33 -0.71 1.65 4.05 P AR 5 CENTRAL 61.3 0.89 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.58 0.31 1.22 -0.59 0.42 3.28 P AR 6 EAST CENTRAL 61.4 1.58 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.58 1.00 2.13 -0.13 1.57 2.87 F AR 7 SOUTHWEST 62.3 0.59 0.99 7.00 99.8 0.60 0.00 1.00 -1.01 0.67 2.01 P AR 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.5 0.54 0.96 6.00 99.4 0.58 0.00 0.79 -0.80 0.11 0.67 P AR 9 SOUTHEAST 63.6 1.96 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.63 1.33 2.63 0.04 1.24 0.95 F FL 1 NORTHWEST 68.0 0.54 0.00 4.59 76.4 0.73 0.00 -0.11 -0.06 -2.14 -0.38 P FL 2 NORTH 68.9 0.50 0.00 4.56 76.1 0.75 0.00 -0.09 -0.05 -1.69 -0.61 P 1.08 FL 3 NORTH CENTRAL 70.7 0.14 0.00 4.00 66.6 0.80 0.00 -0.28 -0.22 -1.65 -0.86 F 1.68 FL 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 72.8 0.02 0.00 3.92 65.3 0.86 0.00 -0.22 -0.36 -0.71 -2.23 P 5.50 FL 5 EVERGLADES/SW COAST 72.7 0.09 0.00 2.56 42.6 0.87 0.00 -0.40 -0.48 0.01 -0.87 P 1.50 FL 6 LOWER EAST COAST 76.7 0.18 0.00 3.89 64.8 1.12 0.00 -0.02 -0.35 -0.14 -0.27 P FL 7 KEYS 77.8 0.07 0.00 0.52 8.7 1.18 0.00 -2.18 -0.70 -1.07 -1.85 F 4.07 GA 1 NORTHWEST 61.2 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.59 0.56 0.76 0.76 -1.63 -2.83 P 9.35 GA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 61.0 0.87 0.64 5.00 94.0 0.60 0.00 0.25 0.24 -2.27 -2.73 P 9.34 GA 3 NORTHEAST 60.8 1.08 0.77 5.00 96.2 0.59 0.00 0.45 0.33 -2.09 -1.19 P 3.70 GA 4 WEST CENTRAL 63.1 0.52 0.20 5.00 86.7 0.63 0.00 0.00 -0.01 -2.14 -2.30 P 7.68 GA 5 CENTRAL 64.2 0.68 0.04 4.86 81.7 0.64 0.00 0.01 0.06 -2.41 -1.00 F 2.57 GA 6 EAST CENTRAL 64.5 0.88 0.25 4.48 78.8 0.63 0.00 0.07 0.25 -2.55 -0.94 F 2.23 GA 7 SOUTHWEST 66.4 0.48 0.00 4.69 78.2 0.69 0.00 -0.08 -0.11 -2.24 -0.68 P 1.70 GA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 67.1 0.64 0.00 4.58 76.4 0.71 0.00 -0.09 0.02 -2.17 -1.08 F 3.08 GA 9 SOUTHEAST 66.9 0.49 0.00 4.19 69.8 0.70 0.00 -0.22 -0.01 -2.44 -1.16 F 2.84 LA 1 NORTHWEST 65.3 0.60 0.77 5.00 96.1 0.66 0.00 0.05 -0.50 -1.13 0.38 P LA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 65.6 0.66 0.72 5.00 95.3 0.67 0.00 0.00 -0.40 -1.76 -1.19 P 3.88 LA 3 NORTHEAST 66.3 1.18 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.70 0.48 0.49 -0.02 -0.94 -0.71 P 2.06 LA 4 WEST CENTRAL 67.6 0.94 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.75 0.19 0.49 -0.30 -0.92 -0.04 P LA 5 CENTRAL 68.2 1.19 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.75 0.11 0.44 0.28 -1.17 -0.69 F 2.02 LA 6 EAST CENTRAL 69.6 3.06 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.82 1.57 2.22 2.21 -0.41 -0.49 P LA 7 SOUTHWEST 69.0 0.66 0.87 5.00 97.8 0.78 0.00 0.02 0.01 -0.98 0.17 P LA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 69.7 1.30 0.50 4.88 89.7 0.80 0.00 0.43 0.45 -1.40 -1.00 P 3.18 LA 9 SOUTHEAST 69.9 1.52 0.78 5.00 96.3 0.79 0.00 0.68 0.66 -1.13 -0.67 P 1.67 MS 1 UPPER DELTA 62.7 3.66 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.60 3.06 4.14 2.00 1.70 1.54 F MS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 62.0 2.88 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.59 2.29 3.23 1.34 0.76 1.89 F MS 3 NORTHEAST 61.4 2.08 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 1.39 2.03 0.98 -0.36 0.57 P MS 4 LOWER DELTA 65.1 1.76 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 1.09 2.09 0.07 -0.04 0.84 P MS 5 CENTRAL 64.7 1.53 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 0.86 1.68 0.05 -0.20 0.58 P MS 6 EAST CENTRAL 64.1 1.90 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.65 1.25 1.52 0.75 -0.47 -0.21 P MS 7 SOUTHWEST 67.0 1.85 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.73 0.71 1.11 0.97 -0.97 -0.68 P 2.15 MS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 67.4 2.10 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.73 1.02 1.37 1.27 -0.68 -0.64 P 1.97 MS 9 SOUTHEAST 67.3 1.83 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.75 0.49 1.11 0.57 -0.88 -0.69 P 2.12 MS 10 COASTAL 69.4 2.11 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.80 0.61 1.29 0.82 -0.88 0.86 P NM 1 NORTHWESTERN PLATEAU 48.2 0.00 0.00 3.36 48.0 0.39 0.00 -0.47 -0.17 -1.58 -1.02 P 0.77 NM 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 46.7 0.00 0.00 3.98 56.8 0.41 0.00 -0.45 -0.15 -2.17 -1.39 P 1.56 NM 3 NORTHEASTERN PLAINS 54.2 0.00 0.00 0.09 1.3 0.47 0.00 -1.15 -0.41 -1.49 -1.71 F 2.19 NM 4 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 48.8 0.00 0.00 2.08 29.7 0.42 0.00 -0.94 -0.05 -2.63 -1.74 F 1.54 NM 5 CENTRAL VALLEY 54.8 0.00 0.00 0.32 4.5 0.46 0.00 -1.14 -0.06 -1.87 -1.00 P 0.61 NM 6 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 49.0 0.00 0.00 1.32 18.8 0.42 0.00 -1.31 -0.16 -2.77 -2.94 F 3.73 NM 7 SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS 58.6 0.00 0.00 0.10 1.5 0.54 0.00 -1.50 -0.15 -1.62 -1.79 F 1.97 NM 8 SOUTHERN DESERT 60.2 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.3 0.58 0.00 -1.58 -0.03 -2.14 -2.32 F 1.92 OK 1 PANHANDLE 57.9 0.00 0.00 1.85 23.2 0.55 0.00 -0.71 -0.60 -1.03 -1.25 F 1.96 OK 2 NORTH CENTRAL 58.5 0.16 0.26 6.00 89.4 0.51 0.00 0.05 -0.43 0.99 3.27 P OK 3 NORTHEAST 59.5 0.44 0.89 5.00 98.2 0.55 0.00 1.16 -1.16 3.59 4.08 P OK 4 WEST CENTRAL 60.7 0.00 0.00 5.93 84.8 0.58 0.00 0.06 -0.38 1.01 3.22 P OK 5 CENTRAL 61.0 0.35 0.29 6.00 89.9 0.58 0.00 0.56 -0.53 2.38 4.39 P OK 6 EAST CENTRAL 59.9 0.62 0.90 4.00 98.0 0.53 0.00 0.98 -0.82 2.57 3.76 P OK 7 SOUTHWEST 62.3 0.19 0.00 5.91 84.5 0.60 0.00 0.18 -0.51 2.03 3.02 P OK 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 61.5 0.20 0.00 5.96 85.1 0.56 0.00 0.42 -0.51 0.41 1.74 P OK 9 SOUTHEAST 60.3 0.50 0.97 6.00 99.6 0.53 0.00 0.86 -0.85 0.98 4.33 P TN 1 EASTERN 57.6 1.35 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.53 0.19 0.79 0.79 -2.42 -2.05 P 4.93 TN 2 CUMBERLAND PLATEAU 57.8 1.29 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.55 0.14 0.71 0.24 -2.20 -3.01 P 8.93 TN 3 MIDDLE 59.2 1.66 1.00 8.00 100.0 0.56 1.00 1.58 0.60 -0.49 1.01 P TN 4 WESTERN 59.7 2.44 1.00 3.00 100.0 0.54 1.90 2.81 0.99 1.32 3.65 F TX 1 HIGH PLAINS 59.7 0.02 0.00 0.56 9.4 0.58 0.00 -1.04 -0.57 -1.17 -0.88 P 1.04 TX 2 LOW ROLLING PLAINS 63.4 0.06 0.00 2.60 37.2 0.61 0.00 0.14 -0.01 0.84 1.06 P TX 3 NORTH CENTRAL 64.1 0.19 0.58 6.00 94.0 0.61 0.00 0.14 -0.49 0.20 2.44 P TX 4 EAST TEXAS 66.6 0.28 0.16 6.00 88.0 0.70 0.00 0.14 -0.51 -1.18 1.12 P TX 5 TRANS PECOS 67.4 0.03 0.00 0.03 0.4 0.77 0.00 -1.94 0.02 -2.24 -2.47 F 2.44 TX 6 EDWARDS PLATEAU 65.2 0.17 0.00 1.07 21.4 0.63 0.00 -0.31 -0.39 -0.94 0.57 P TX 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 69.6 0.33 0.56 3.94 56.3 0.77 0.00 0.18 -0.21 0.43 -0.17 P TX 8 UPPER COAST 71.0 0.29 0.25 5.69 84.9 0.85 0.00 0.04 -0.41 -0.28 1.29 P TX 9 SOUTHERN 72.6 0.40 0.00 0.54 6.8 0.89 0.00 -0.89 0.20 -0.83 -0.72 P 1.01 TX 10 LOWER VALLEY 73.7 2.32 1.00 0.63 20.4 0.93 0.00 0.20 1.70 1.95 -0.52 P 0.44 PR 1 NORTH COASTAL 82.7 3.18 1.00 2.11 51.8 1.47 0.00 -0.13 1.26 -0.90 -1.62 P 6.36 PR 2 SOUTH COASTAL 82.4 0.66 0.00 0.29 4.8 1.46 0.00 -0.41 -0.23 -0.72 2.12 P PR 3 NORTHERN SLOPES 80.3 4.16 1.00 3.36 72.7 1.38 0.00 1.11 1.69 0.49 -1.17 P 4.58 PR 4 SOUTHERN SLOPES 81.9 1.31 0.00 0.66 10.9 1.44 0.00 -0.79 0.46 -1.61 -3.51 F 14.15 PR 5 EASTERN INTERIOR 77.1 2.44 1.00 5.53 93.3 1.13 0.00 1.10 0.76 -0.63 -1.11 P 5.85 PR 6 WESTERN INTERIOR 77.5 4.96 1.00 6.87 98.4 1.16 0.00 2.27 2.64 -0.03 -2.24 P 11.93 END OF DATA