WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, NCEP, NWS, NOAA WEEK 30 OF THE 2008 GROWING SEASON IS THE WEEK ENDING 27 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) CT 1 NORTHWEST 56.8 1.73 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.60 0.60 2.11 0.36 5.76 5.35 F CT 2 CENTRAL 57.5 2.46 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.59 1.27 2.79 1.23 5.68 4.22 F CT 3 COASTAL 61.0 2.42 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 1.01 2.45 1.20 4.86 2.53 P DE 1 NORTHERN 63.7 0.81 0.24 2.29 42.1 0.70 0.00 0.09 0.17 1.55 -0.69 P 1.21 DE 2 SOUTHERN 64.8 1.77 1.00 0.98 32.9 0.72 0.00 -0.48 0.81 0.27 -2.26 P 6.10 ME 1 NORTHERN 50.4 1.66 1.00 4.70 95.0 0.49 0.00 1.06 1.00 0.89 3.49 P ME 2 SOUTHERN INTERIOR 51.7 2.37 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.48 1.50 2.08 1.64 3.69 4.20 F ME 3 COASTAL 51.9 2.78 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.51 1.82 2.81 1.72 6.33 4.52 F MD 1 SOUTHEASTERN SHORE 65.9 2.77 1.00 2.33 55.5 0.75 0.00 -0.20 1.45 0.76 -0.71 P 1.39 MD 2 CEN. EASTERN SHORE 65.4 1.95 1.00 1.39 39.8 0.73 0.00 -0.26 0.88 0.54 -1.48 P 3.75 MD 3 LOWER SOUTHERN 64.5 1.82 1.00 2.05 50.8 0.70 0.00 0.09 0.89 0.79 -0.15 P MD 4 UPPER SOUTHERN 64.5 2.44 1.00 2.70 61.7 0.72 0.00 0.55 1.20 1.58 0.16 P MD 5 NORTHEASTERN SHORE 64.8 1.64 0.92 1.34 37.6 0.72 0.00 0.31 0.45 1.31 -0.83 P 1.76 MD 6 NORTHERN CENTRAL 62.6 2.32 1.00 3.92 82.0 0.68 0.00 1.31 1.06 3.26 1.09 F MD 7 APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN 60.8 1.58 1.00 3.27 71.2 0.64 0.00 0.92 0.61 1.80 2.69 F MD 8 ALLEGHENY PLATEAU 59.6 1.09 0.67 4.00 77.9 0.68 0.00 0.38 0.18 0.04 1.38 P MA 1 WESTERN 55.1 1.41 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.57 0.27 1.48 0.28 4.19 5.68 F MA 2 CENTRAL 56.0 2.48 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.54 1.50 2.85 1.38 5.96 5.88 F MA 3 COASTAL 57.5 4.08 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.59 2.30 3.95 3.17 5.89 3.82 F NH 1 NORTHERN 52.0 1.31 0.96 5.00 99.3 0.53 0.00 0.78 0.71 0.39 3.85 P NH 2 SOUTHERN 54.3 2.30 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.54 1.36 2.20 1.24 5.13 5.70 F NJ 1 NORTHERN 60.0 1.61 1.00 4.11 85.1 0.63 0.00 0.82 0.35 2.87 -0.04 P NJ 2 SOUTHERN 63.0 1.18 0.64 1.87 41.8 0.69 0.00 0.20 0.31 1.09 -1.36 P 3.34 NJ 3 COASTAL 66.2 1.91 1.00 2.01 50.2 0.79 0.00 0.54 0.53 2.11 -0.58 P 0.95 NY 1 WESTERN PLATEAU 57.6 0.63 0.04 3.90 65.6 0.62 0.00 0.15 -0.01 -0.35 0.14 P NY 2 EASTERN PLATEAU 57.1 0.82 0.18 3.98 69.3 0.64 0.00 0.21 0.15 0.35 1.44 P NY 3 NORTHERN PLATEAU 54.5 0.41 0.34 4.90 87.4 0.59 0.00 0.03 -0.48 -0.64 1.82 P NY 4 COASTAL 63.8 2.55 1.00 4.28 87.9 0.73 0.00 1.71 1.21 3.84 1.73 F NY 5 HUDSON VALLEY 57.3 1.15 0.90 5.00 98.3 0.58 0.00 1.00 0.00 3.03 4.71 F NY 6 MOHAWK VALLEY 55.8 0.50 0.19 4.41 76.6 0.57 0.00 0.06 -0.20 -0.59 1.12 P NY 7 CHAMPLAIN VALLEY 55.0 0.43 0.00 4.52 75.4 0.55 0.00 0.16 -0.07 -0.30 3.74 P NY 8 ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY 53.9 0.35 0.28 4.88 86.1 0.53 0.00 0.22 -0.25 0.18 3.16 P NY 9 GREAT LAKES 59.9 0.33 0.00 2.06 34.3 0.67 0.00 0.04 -0.06 -0.55 0.35 P NY 10 CENTRAL LAKES 57.1 0.44 0.00 2.99 49.8 0.59 0.00 0.14 -0.07 -0.22 1.17 P NC 1 SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS 61.1 0.62 0.00 4.51 75.1 0.62 0.00 -0.24 0.05 -1.19 -3.25 P 9.56 NC 2 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 59.9 1.98 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.62 0.61 1.19 0.95 0.41 -2.19 P 6.90 NC 3 NORTHERN PIEDMONT 64.6 1.69 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 0.58 1.48 0.64 3.12 1.59 P NC 4 CENTRAL PIEDMONT 64.9 1.51 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.67 0.84 1.41 0.45 3.00 0.62 P NC 5 SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 65.8 1.45 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.68 0.15 1.05 0.43 2.38 -0.07 P NC 6 SO. COASTAL PLAINS 67.4 2.14 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.72 1.16 1.99 0.91 3.38 1.27 P NC 7 CEN. COASTAL PLAINS 68.7 2.08 1.00 3.54 75.7 0.77 0.00 0.83 0.96 1.40 -1.58 P 4.92 NC 8 NO. COASTAL PLAINS 68.6 1.56 0.77 1.69 41.0 0.79 0.00 0.14 0.48 0.02 -2.83 P 8.79 OH 1 NORTHWEST 65.8 0.00 0.00 4.30 47.8 0.81 0.00 -0.08 -0.26 1.26 1.15 P OH 2 NORTH CENTRAL 64.4 0.00 0.00 4.79 53.2 0.76 0.00 -0.28 -0.62 1.17 1.61 P OH 3 NORTHEAST 64.0 0.01 0.00 5.08 63.5 0.76 0.00 -0.07 -0.62 0.20 1.95 P OH 4 WEST CENTRAL 66.8 0.00 0.00 2.78 34.7 0.83 0.00 -1.20 -0.57 -1.48 -0.79 P 1.42 OH 5 CENTRAL 66.1 0.01 0.00 3.76 41.8 0.80 0.00 -1.01 -0.47 -1.43 -1.09 P 2.07 OH 6 CENTRAL HILLS 64.4 0.01 0.00 3.74 46.7 0.77 0.00 -0.59 -0.58 -0.41 -0.97 P 1.76 OH 7 NORTHEAST HILLS 63.4 0.16 0.00 4.54 50.5 0.74 0.00 -0.31 -0.34 -0.23 -1.22 P 2.24 OH 8 SOUTHWEST 67.4 0.01 0.00 2.26 28.3 0.83 0.00 -1.74 -0.44 -1.99 -1.72 P 3.88 OH 9 SOUTH CENTRAL 66.3 0.01 0.00 3.47 38.6 0.78 0.00 -1.40 -0.35 -2.50 -1.49 P 3.09 OH 10 SOUTHEAST 65.3 0.10 0.00 2.51 35.9 0.77 0.00 -1.27 -0.28 -2.44 -1.12 P 2.20 PA 1 POCONO MOUNTAINS 57.5 1.32 1.00 3.18 69.7 0.61 0.00 0.51 0.35 1.14 -0.06 P PA 2 EAST CENTRAL MTNS. 60.5 1.06 0.60 2.26 47.7 0.66 0.00 0.21 0.27 1.04 -1.43 P 3.55 PA 3 SE PIEDMONT 61.7 1.19 0.73 2.98 61.8 0.65 0.00 0.42 0.30 2.42 0.35 P PA 4 LOWER SUSQUEHANNA 61.0 2.41 1.00 4.23 87.2 0.64 0.00 1.67 1.27 4.06 2.34 F PA 5 MIDDLE SUSQUEHANNA 58.8 2.25 1.00 3.26 71.0 0.60 0.00 1.13 1.00 2.93 2.55 P PA 6 UPPER SUSQUEHANNA 56.9 1.59 0.99 3.03 67.0 0.60 0.00 0.64 0.63 1.01 1.65 P PA 7 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 59.8 0.74 0.33 2.15 41.3 0.67 0.00 0.01 0.19 0.00 -0.94 P 1.64 PA 8 SOUTH CENTRAL MTNS. 60.2 0.79 0.38 2.84 53.7 0.66 0.00 0.21 -0.14 1.22 0.70 P PA 9 SOUTHWEST PLATEAU 62.3 0.36 0.00 3.46 57.6 0.71 0.00 -0.03 -0.42 0.23 1.25 P PA 10 NORTHWEST PLATEAU 60.2 0.13 0.00 2.88 48.0 0.68 0.00 -0.40 -0.30 -1.48 0.26 P RI 1 ALL 58.1 3.52 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.60 2.48 3.42 2.38 5.39 3.01 F SC 1 MOUNTAIN 62.5 0.18 0.00 3.98 66.3 0.65 0.00 -0.69 -0.36 -2.04 -3.69 P 17.03 SC 2 NORTHWEST 65.8 0.63 0.00 2.34 39.0 0.69 0.00 -0.52 0.40 -1.16 -4.20 P 13.14 SC 3 NORTH CENTRAL 66.5 1.71 1.00 2.93 65.5 0.69 0.00 0.74 0.67 0.34 -1.48 P 3.80 SC 4 NORTHEAST 66.9 1.86 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.68 1.18 1.88 0.64 4.27 2.22 F SC 5 WEST CENTRAL 67.2 0.59 0.00 0.43 7.2 0.70 0.00 -0.91 0.51 -1.44 -3.99 F 12.25 SC 6 CENTRAL 67.3 1.00 0.79 2.04 47.2 0.69 0.00 0.40 0.11 0.53 0.27 P SC 7 SOUTHERN 68.8 0.84 0.41 3.63 67.3 0.73 0.00 0.27 0.05 -0.09 -0.17 P VT 1 NORTHEASTERN 52.8 0.50 0.00 4.47 74.4 0.53 0.00 0.01 -0.01 -1.17 4.18 P VT 2 WESTERN 54.9 0.53 0.00 4.94 82.4 0.55 0.00 0.12 -0.04 -0.22 3.91 P VT 3 SOUTHEASTERN 55.1 1.41 1.00 5.00 100.0 0.58 0.27 0.98 0.29 2.41 3.22 F VA 1 TIDEWATER 66.5 2.82 1.00 2.50 58.3 0.74 0.00 0.58 1.22 2.12 -0.95 P 2.05 VA 2 EASTERN PIEDMONT 64.1 1.96 1.00 4.87 97.9 0.68 0.00 1.31 0.84 3.20 1.38 P VA 3 WESTERN PIEDMONT 61.7 1.72 1.00 4.46 90.9 0.60 0.00 0.94 0.71 1.69 0.19 P VA 4 NORTHERN 61.4 1.68 1.00 3.70 78.3 0.63 0.00 0.83 0.81 2.10 1.02 F VA 5 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN 59.9 1.81 1.00 2.81 63.5 0.60 0.00 0.45 0.97 0.07 0.28 P VA 6 SOUTHWESTERN MTNS. 59.6 1.23 0.63 2.98 60.1 0.60 0.00 0.23 0.53 -0.41 -1.71 P 3.44 WV 1 NORTHWESTERN 64.8 0.33 0.00 2.11 35.2 0.75 0.00 -0.88 -0.04 -2.06 -0.19 P WV 2 NORTH CENTRAL 63.0 0.41 0.00 3.11 51.8 0.67 0.00 -0.21 -0.09 -1.32 0.44 P WV 3 SOUTHWESTERN 65.2 0.29 0.00 1.96 32.7 0.77 0.00 -1.20 0.01 -2.50 -1.15 P 2.05 WV 4 CENTRAL 60.4 0.74 0.06 3.45 58.5 0.68 0.00 -0.30 0.24 -2.29 -1.51 F 3.01 WV 5 SOUTHERN 61.1 0.85 0.20 2.56 46.1 0.65 0.00 -0.30 0.48 -1.52 -0.71 P 0.98 WV 6 NORTHEASTERN 59.9 1.77 1.00 3.58 76.3 0.61 0.00 1.12 0.83 1.42 2.90 F END OF DATA