WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 38 OF THE 2009 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 21 NOV 2009 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 50.2 0.16 0.97 5.00 99.4 0.19 0.00 0.97 -0.83 1.85 4.42 P AL 2 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 51.4 0.27 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.05 1.74 -1.52 2.78 4.56 P AL 3 UPPER PLAINS 51.3 0.37 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.19 0.18 2.05 -1.51 3.09 6.20 P AL 4 EASTERN VALLEY 51.4 0.61 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 0.40 2.78 -1.82 4.45 4.83 F AL 5 PIEDMONT PLATEAU 52.1 0.66 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.21 0.45 3.12 -2.06 5.02 5.39 F AL 6 PRAIRIE 51.9 0.67 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 0.49 3.03 -1.76 4.90 5.70 F AL 7 COASTAL PLAIN 53.3 0.88 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.20 0.68 2.50 -0.94 4.31 4.04 F AL 8 GULF 55.3 0.80 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.58 2.31 -1.01 2.60 2.19 F AR 1 NORTHWEST 51.6 1.17 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.25 0.17 1.40 0.32 1.23 4.35 P AR 2 NORTH CENTRAL 51.7 1.28 1.00 4.00 100.0 0.25 0.32 1.95 0.14 3.12 6.95 P AR 3 NORTHEAST 52.7 0.64 0.74 6.00 96.2 0.25 0.00 1.31 -0.47 3.30 5.41 P AR 4 WEST CENTRAL 52.4 1.27 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.24 0.31 1.75 0.35 2.15 5.48 P AR 5 CENTRAL 52.0 0.60 0.69 6.00 95.5 0.22 0.00 1.44 -0.59 2.79 7.49 P AR 6 EAST CENTRAL 53.5 0.40 0.48 4.00 89.6 0.25 0.00 1.29 -0.87 3.40 6.54 P AR 7 SOUTHWEST 54.2 0.92 0.92 7.00 99.0 0.26 0.00 1.60 -0.21 1.97 6.87 P AR 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 52.5 0.58 0.74 6.00 96.3 0.21 0.00 1.67 -0.82 3.57 7.95 P AR 9 SOUTHEAST 52.7 0.37 0.48 5.00 91.4 0.22 0.00 1.33 -0.89 3.02 6.06 P FL 1 NORTHWEST 57.3 0.66 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 0.02 1.06 -0.17 1.41 0.66 F FL 2 NORTH 63.0 0.11 0.09 2.26 39.2 0.40 0.00 -0.39 0.09 -1.37 -1.74 F 4.07 FL 3 NORTH CENTRAL 66.0 0.01 0.00 1.84 30.7 0.46 0.00 -1.31 -0.10 -2.38 -2.25 F 5.69 FL 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 67.6 0.00 0.00 2.15 35.8 0.49 0.00 -1.29 -0.11 -2.62 -1.95 F 4.52 FL 5 EVERGLADES/SW COAST 68.7 0.01 0.00 2.03 33.8 0.53 0.00 -1.52 -0.07 -3.03 -2.12 F 4.48 FL 6 LOWER EAST COAST 74.1 0.04 0.00 2.22 37.0 0.78 0.00 -1.50 -0.40 -3.81 -2.15 F 6.15 FL 7 KEYS 75.3 0.07 0.00 0.03 0.4 0.82 0.00 -4.01 0.19 -2.97 -3.52 F 11.53 GA 1 NORTHWEST 52.0 0.21 0.98 5.00 99.6 0.23 0.00 2.11 -2.02 3.85 4.43 P GA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 53.6 0.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.28 0.24 2.79 -2.22 4.42 5.44 P GA 3 NORTHEAST 55.2 1.41 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.31 1.10 3.84 -1.59 5.35 5.38 F GA 4 WEST CENTRAL 54.0 0.46 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.26 0.20 2.86 -2.26 6.09 4.78 F GA 5 CENTRAL 56.1 0.18 0.90 5.00 98.3 0.28 0.00 1.96 -1.72 4.40 3.67 P GA 6 EAST CENTRAL 58.9 0.03 0.70 5.00 94.9 0.33 0.00 1.25 -0.94 2.58 1.46 P GA 7 SOUTHWEST 56.0 0.59 1.00 3.59 76.5 0.25 0.00 0.72 -0.26 2.37 2.08 P GA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 58.3 0.40 1.00 2.15 52.4 0.30 0.00 0.19 -0.35 1.13 0.77 F GA 9 SOUTHEAST 61.7 0.15 0.26 1.79 34.2 0.39 0.00 -0.20 0.01 -0.78 -1.29 P 2.67 LA 1 NORTHWEST 55.4 0.71 0.69 5.00 94.8 0.25 0.00 1.89 -0.78 3.64 5.86 P LA 2 NORTH CENTRAL 54.3 0.72 0.75 5.00 95.8 0.23 0.00 1.71 -0.58 2.86 4.85 P LA 3 NORTHEAST 53.6 0.50 0.56 5.00 92.7 0.22 0.00 1.34 -0.53 1.95 4.66 P LA 4 WEST CENTRAL 55.5 1.16 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.24 0.12 2.03 -0.05 3.53 3.43 P LA 5 CENTRAL 55.0 1.44 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.47 2.00 0.52 2.36 2.63 P LA 6 EAST CENTRAL 55.3 0.78 0.89 5.00 98.1 0.23 0.00 0.71 0.15 0.53 1.79 P LA 7 SOUTHWEST 57.9 1.48 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.27 0.39 2.07 0.40 2.64 2.31 P LA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 56.0 0.82 0.88 5.00 98.0 0.23 0.00 0.94 0.02 0.87 1.90 P LA 9 SOUTHEAST 56.6 0.56 0.75 5.00 95.8 0.23 0.00 0.45 0.14 0.08 1.04 P MS 1 UPPER DELTA 51.7 0.30 0.47 5.00 91.2 0.20 0.00 1.12 -0.72 2.23 5.63 P MS 2 NORTH CENTRAL 50.7 0.25 0.43 5.00 90.5 0.19 0.00 0.83 -0.59 1.58 5.22 P MS 3 NORTHEAST 50.0 0.40 0.68 5.00 94.7 0.18 0.00 0.85 -0.41 1.03 3.91 P MS 4 LOWER DELTA 52.4 0.38 0.51 5.00 91.8 0.20 0.00 1.17 -0.62 1.56 5.93 P MS 5 CENTRAL 51.0 0.49 0.72 5.00 95.3 0.18 0.00 1.02 -0.36 1.11 5.42 P MS 6 EAST CENTRAL 50.4 0.53 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.17 0.36 1.30 -0.35 1.94 6.35 P MS 7 SOUTHWEST 53.1 0.48 0.60 5.00 93.3 0.20 0.00 1.01 -0.38 1.33 4.05 P MS 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 52.1 0.88 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 0.30 0.96 0.09 1.23 2.62 P MS 9 SOUTHEAST 51.9 0.40 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.18 0.22 1.43 -0.77 1.94 2.31 F MS 10 COASTAL 55.0 0.45 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.22 0.23 1.20 -0.57 1.39 1.69 F NM 1 NORTHWESTERN PLATEAU 37.6 0.03 0.00 0.17 2.4 0.08 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.31 -1.58 P 1.43 NM 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 34.1 0.04 0.37 0.50 12.4 0.04 0.00 0.03 -0.02 0.37 -1.10 P 0.89 NM 3 NORTHEASTERN PLAINS 44.8 0.03 0.02 0.05 1.0 0.16 0.00 0.01 -0.04 -0.12 0.29 P NM 4 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 42.5 0.01 0.00 0.05 0.7 0.19 0.00 -0.70 -0.01 -1.21 -0.92 P 0.59 NM 5 CENTRAL VALLEY 43.0 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.05 2.08 P NM 6 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 37.1 0.01 0.15 0.08 3.3 0.08 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.10 -2.23 P 2.44 NM 7 SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS 48.9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.20 0.00 -0.57 -0.11 -0.85 -1.56 P 1.55 NM 8 SOUTHERN DESERT 48.0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.17 0.00 -0.68 0.02 -1.09 0.00 P OK 1 PANHANDLE 47.3 0.11 0.19 1.09 16.0 0.18 0.00 0.11 -0.05 0.90 0.97 P OK 2 NORTH CENTRAL 51.4 0.23 0.60 4.70 75.7 0.22 0.00 0.33 -0.06 1.25 3.32 P OK 3 NORTHEAST 52.1 0.73 0.89 5.00 98.1 0.24 0.00 0.71 -0.10 0.00 2.76 P OK 4 WEST CENTRAL 51.9 0.14 0.10 4.03 59.0 0.23 0.00 0.29 -0.10 0.17 2.30 P OK 5 CENTRAL 54.3 0.19 0.13 6.00 87.6 0.27 0.00 0.40 -0.60 0.39 2.20 P OK 6 EAST CENTRAL 53.7 0.92 0.82 4.00 96.5 0.26 0.00 1.12 0.02 0.06 2.77 P OK 7 SOUTHWEST 52.8 0.05 0.00 3.01 43.0 0.23 0.00 0.22 -0.10 -0.41 1.07 P OK 8 SOUTH CENTRAL 56.6 0.26 0.11 6.00 87.3 0.30 0.00 0.54 -0.60 -0.03 2.06 P OK 9 SOUTHEAST 53.5 1.19 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.24 0.20 1.65 0.30 1.37 4.67 P TN 1 EASTERN 49.5 0.19 0.97 5.00 99.5 0.22 0.00 1.16 -1.09 2.71 4.12 P TN 2 CUMBERLAND PLATEAU 49.4 0.09 0.86 5.00 97.7 0.23 0.00 0.61 -0.55 0.72 2.70 P TN 3 MIDDLE 49.7 0.32 0.70 8.00 96.7 0.21 0.00 0.42 -0.43 1.37 2.99 P TN 4 WESTERN 51.1 0.37 0.53 3.00 88.3 0.23 0.00 0.68 -0.46 1.72 3.47 P TX 1 HIGH PLAINS 51.2 0.01 0.00 0.12 2.1 0.24 0.00 -0.55 -0.22 -0.99 -1.08 P 1.14 TX 2 LOW ROLLING PLAINS 56.7 0.02 0.00 0.22 3.2 0.30 0.00 0.01 -0.05 -0.93 0.20 P TX 3 NORTH CENTRAL 58.7 1.09 0.97 6.00 99.6 0.33 0.00 1.37 0.10 1.42 3.74 F TX 4 EAST TEXAS 58.0 1.18 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.30 0.04 1.88 0.05 2.14 3.88 P TX 5 TRANS PECOS 52.0 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.1 0.21 0.00 -0.88 0.13 -1.29 -1.69 P 1.51 TX 6 EDWARDS PLATEAU 58.3 0.65 0.80 0.50 26.0 0.31 0.00 0.23 0.05 0.72 0.97 P TX 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.1 2.61 1.00 6.52 94.0 0.36 0.00 2.35 1.74 2.99 1.90 P TX 8 UPPER COAST 61.9 2.00 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.36 0.26 1.87 0.94 2.33 1.32 P TX 9 SOUTHERN 62.2 1.30 0.97 0.29 15.8 0.33 0.00 0.17 0.14 1.75 0.16 P TX 10 LOWER VALLEY 66.4 0.29 0.00 1.01 12.6 0.44 0.00 0.11 -0.04 1.62 0.71 P PR 1 NORTH COASTAL 76.4 4.99 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.92 3.08 4.27 3.50 3.31 0.12 P PR 2 SOUTH COASTAL 77.2 0.99 0.31 0.64 15.9 0.94 0.00 0.13 0.06 0.09 -1.01 P 2.64 PR 3 NORTHERN SLOPES 76.8 4.81 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.94 3.87 4.23 3.38 3.32 1.08 P PR 4 SOUTHERN SLOPES 77.0 1.36 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.94 0.29 0.42 0.12 -0.78 -3.66 P 13.20 PR 5 EASTERN INTERIOR 71.5 1.24 1.00 6.00 100.0 0.68 0.54 0.55 0.32 -1.70 -3.44 F 17.28 PR 6 WESTERN INTERIOR 72.6 3.09 1.00 7.00 100.0 0.74 2.35 3.10 1.59 0.13 -3.39 P 11.03 END OF DATA