WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE WESTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 29 OF THE 2008 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 20 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) AZ 1 NORTHWEST 78.1 0.13 0.00 0.02 0.2 1.20 0.00 -1.18 -0.20 -0.57 -1.72 P 1.93 AZ 2 NORTHEAST 63.8 0.07 0.00 0.66 9.4 0.77 0.00 -0.64 -0.59 -0.36 -0.36 P AZ 3 NORTH CENTRAL 72.0 0.06 0.00 0.28 4.0 0.97 0.00 -0.99 -0.82 0.01 -0.54 P 0.45 AZ 4 EAST CENTRAL 73.1 0.00 0.00 0.47 6.6 0.97 0.00 0.02 -0.13 1.34 2.00 P AZ 5 SOUTHWEST 83.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 1.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.10 1.54 P AZ 6 SOUTH CENTRAL 81.9 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.6 1.39 0.00 0.00 -0.01 1.58 2.04 P AZ 7 SOUTHEAST 73.8 0.06 0.00 0.06 0.9 0.98 0.00 -0.09 -0.10 1.43 1.66 P CA 1 NORTH COAST DRNG. 64.4 0.08 0.00 0.46 6.6 0.77 0.00 -1.21 0.36 -1.29 -4.39 F 5.07 CA 2 SACRAMENTO DRNG. 67.3 0.01 0.00 0.24 3.4 0.85 0.00 -1.63 0.23 -1.31 -4.96 F 5.32 CA 3 NE INTERIOR BASIN 63.7 0.01 0.00 0.39 5.5 0.83 0.00 -1.98 0.14 -1.92 -6.00 F 6.24 CA 4 CENTRAL COAST DRNG. 65.8 0.00 0.00 0.19 2.7 0.78 0.00 -1.62 0.19 -1.65 -4.79 F 3.79 CA 5 SAN JOAQUIN DRNG. 71.5 0.00 0.00 0.12 1.7 0.94 0.00 -1.32 0.15 -0.99 -5.26 F 4.10 CA 6 SOUTH COAST DRNG. 72.1 0.00 0.00 0.18 2.6 0.95 0.00 -1.42 -0.04 -1.14 -4.13 F 3.85 CA 7 SE DESERT BASINS 77.6 0.01 0.00 0.03 0.4 1.15 0.00 -1.01 -0.27 -0.57 -2.58 F 1.84 ID 1 PANHANDLE 62.4 0.26 0.00 1.27 18.2 0.80 0.00 -0.23 -0.03 0.32 -0.84 P 0.82 ID 2 NO. CENTRAL PRAIRIES 68.3 0.30 0.00 0.69 9.8 0.97 0.00 -1.94 0.45 -1.87 -3.72 F 5.36 ID 3 NO. CENTRAL CANYONS 68.4 0.46 0.00 0.85 12.2 0.91 0.00 -0.16 0.83 0.08 -1.63 P 1.86 ID 4 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 61.5 0.51 0.00 1.03 14.8 0.82 0.00 -0.47 0.80 -0.50 -2.66 P 3.54 ID 5 SOUTHWESTERN VALLEYS 66.4 0.81 0.00 0.41 5.8 0.85 0.00 0.15 0.68 1.72 0.42 P ID 6 SW HIGHLANDS 64.2 0.16 0.00 0.42 5.9 0.83 0.00 -1.12 0.50 -1.42 -2.94 P 2.56 ID 7 CENTRAL PLAINS 64.5 0.09 0.00 0.20 2.8 0.83 0.00 -1.07 0.34 -1.20 -3.37 F 2.49 ID 8 NORTHEASTERN VALLEYS 60.6 0.27 0.00 0.32 4.6 0.78 0.00 -0.19 0.34 -0.77 -2.41 P 1.79 ID 9 UPPER SNAKE R. PLAIN 61.2 0.17 0.00 0.36 5.1 0.76 0.00 -1.04 0.32 -1.42 -4.22 F 3.82 ID 10 EASTERN HIGHLANDS 57.3 0.16 0.00 1.12 16.0 0.69 0.00 -0.47 -0.13 -0.60 -2.56 P 3.01 MT 1 WESTERN 59.9 0.18 0.00 1.69 21.1 0.76 0.00 -0.68 -0.18 0.05 -2.35 P 2.89 MT 2 SOUTHWESTERN 58.9 0.15 0.00 1.24 15.5 0.76 0.00 -1.20 -0.19 -2.01 -4.16 F 4.75 MT 3 NORTH CENTRAL 61.3 0.01 0.00 0.08 1.0 0.78 0.00 -1.29 -0.74 -0.51 -5.19 P 6.03 MT 4 CENTRAL 62.3 0.01 0.00 0.49 6.1 0.81 0.00 -1.12 -0.86 -0.60 -4.68 P 5.81 MT 5 SOUTH CENTRAL 60.9 0.00 0.24 1.64 23.6 0.76 0.00 0.29 0.01 4.30 0.68 P MT 6 NORTHEASTERN 63.0 0.00 0.00 0.15 1.9 0.80 0.00 -0.32 -0.35 0.46 -1.27 P 1.22 MT 7 SOUTHEASTERN 63.8 0.00 0.00 1.14 14.2 0.82 0.00 0.10 -0.13 1.87 0.97 P NV 1 NORTHWESTERN 65.5 0.03 0.00 0.09 1.3 0.85 0.00 -1.40 0.18 -1.43 -4.86 F 3.18 NV 2 NORTHEASTERN 60.5 0.04 0.00 0.29 4.1 0.74 0.00 -1.12 -0.08 -1.15 -4.82 F 4.15 NV 3 SOUTH CENTRAL 65.2 0.03 0.00 0.12 1.6 0.82 0.00 -1.05 -0.12 -1.01 -2.68 F 1.87 NV 4 EXTREME SOUTHERN 78.2 0.04 0.00 0.01 0.1 1.18 0.00 -1.28 0.01 -1.32 -2.92 F 1.82 OR 1 COASTAL AREA 59.8 0.02 0.00 1.65 23.6 0.69 0.00 -0.69 -0.55 -0.41 -1.01 P 1.58 OR 2 WILLAMETTE VALLEY 64.1 0.01 0.00 1.09 15.6 0.80 0.00 -1.18 -0.46 -0.89 -1.71 P 2.78 OR 3 SOUTHWESTERN VALLEYS 67.1 0.00 0.00 0.69 9.9 0.88 0.00 -1.23 -0.18 -1.09 -1.88 F 2.09 OR 4 NORTHERN CASCADES 63.6 0.07 0.00 1.31 18.7 0.83 0.00 -1.23 -0.43 -0.91 -1.19 P 2.23 OR 5 HIGH PLATEAU 61.8 0.03 0.00 0.76 10.8 0.86 0.00 -1.66 -0.03 -1.78 -3.26 F 3.95 OR 6 NORTH CENTRAL 64.9 0.06 0.00 0.50 7.1 0.83 0.00 -0.75 0.12 -1.01 -2.22 F 1.61 OR 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 61.3 0.09 0.00 0.62 8.9 0.77 0.00 -0.66 0.21 -1.04 -1.59 F 1.02 OR 8 NORTHEAST 64.4 0.58 0.00 0.90 12.9 0.86 0.00 0.02 1.15 -0.26 -1.30 P 1.14 OR 9 SOUTHEAST 64.0 0.50 0.00 0.17 2.5 0.80 0.00 0.02 1.28 0.51 -2.98 P 1.94 UT 1 WESTERN 66.2 0.04 0.00 0.08 1.1 0.87 0.00 -0.79 -0.42 -0.39 -4.77 P 3.57 UT 2 DIXIE 76.5 0.03 0.00 0.08 1.2 1.13 0.00 -1.69 -0.26 -1.47 -1.92 F 1.88 UT 3 NORTH CENTRAL 66.3 0.07 0.00 0.47 6.7 0.85 0.00 -0.14 -0.19 1.00 -1.12 P 1.07 UT 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.3 0.07 0.00 0.58 8.2 0.77 0.00 -0.74 -0.37 -0.55 -0.92 F 0.75 UT 5 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 57.3 0.13 0.00 1.23 17.5 0.69 0.00 0.11 -0.02 2.00 -0.17 P UT 6 UINTA BASIN 63.1 0.08 0.00 0.28 4.0 0.79 0.00 0.09 -0.14 4.28 3.10 P UT 7 SOUTHEAST 68.3 0.05 0.00 0.11 1.5 0.89 0.00 -0.79 -0.46 -0.58 -1.49 F 1.10 WA 1 WEST OLYMPIC COASTAL 59.4 0.02 0.00 4.04 57.7 0.70 0.00 -0.23 -0.42 0.71 -0.21 P WA 2 NE OLYMPIC SAN JUAN 58.9 0.26 0.00 1.42 20.2 0.69 0.00 0.03 -0.01 1.60 0.36 P WA 3 PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 60.0 0.33 0.00 1.69 24.2 0.71 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.73 0.18 P WA 4 E OLY. CASC. FOOTHLS 61.1 0.29 0.00 1.60 22.9 0.74 0.00 -1.04 -0.02 -0.38 -2.20 F 5.07 WA 5 CASCADE MTNS. WEST 61.5 0.57 0.00 1.80 25.7 0.84 0.00 -0.50 0.02 0.15 -1.65 P 4.75 WA 6 EAST SLOPE CASCADES 64.9 0.17 0.00 0.71 10.1 0.88 0.00 -0.67 0.05 -0.52 -2.36 P 2.67 WA 7 OKANOGAN BIG BEND 67.9 0.03 0.00 0.27 3.9 0.94 0.00 -1.37 -0.09 -1.37 -3.22 F 2.55 WA 8 CENTRAL BASIN 66.2 0.08 0.00 0.19 2.7 0.85 0.00 -0.40 0.11 -0.76 -1.74 P 0.87 WA 9 NORTHEASTERN 64.1 0.06 0.00 0.60 8.6 0.84 0.00 -1.53 -0.16 -1.39 -3.49 F 4.13 WA 10 PALOUSE BLUE MTNS. 67.2 0.27 0.00 0.67 9.6 0.91 0.00 -0.21 0.44 -0.33 -1.23 P 0.99 END OF DATA