WEEKLY PALMER DROUGHT AND CROP MOISTURE DATA FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE WESTERN 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) AZ 1 NORTHWEST 77.4 0.06 0.00 0.02 0.2 1.14 0.00 -1.51 -0.33 -1.64 -1.95 P 2.27 AZ 2 NORTHEAST 65.2 0.04 0.00 0.59 8.4 0.80 0.00 -1.12 -0.48 -1.34 -0.73 P 0.63 AZ 3 NORTH CENTRAL 72.8 0.13 0.00 0.25 3.5 0.98 0.00 -1.31 -0.32 -1.43 -1.61 P 2.21 AZ 4 EAST CENTRAL 75.3 0.06 0.00 0.40 5.8 1.04 0.00 -0.66 -0.68 -0.64 1.53 P AZ 5 SOUTHWEST 83.0 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.0 1.40 0.00 -0.26 -0.26 -1.43 1.25 P AZ 6 SOUTH CENTRAL 83.1 0.06 0.00 0.03 0.5 1.40 0.00 -0.67 -0.67 -1.31 1.68 P AZ 7 SOUTHEAST 75.8 0.07 0.00 0.05 0.7 1.05 0.00 -0.97 -0.88 -0.74 1.09 P CA 1 NORTH COAST DRNG. 62.5 0.00 0.00 0.41 5.9 0.70 0.00 -1.28 -0.07 -1.22 -4.39 F 5.43 CA 2 SACRAMENTO DRNG. 65.9 0.01 0.00 0.21 3.1 0.78 0.00 -1.53 0.10 -1.18 -4.93 F 5.76 CA 3 NE INTERIOR BASIN 58.1 0.01 0.00 0.35 5.0 0.67 0.00 -1.81 0.17 -1.79 -5.98 F 6.35 CA 4 CENTRAL COAST DRNG. 70.7 0.00 0.00 0.16 2.4 0.93 0.00 -1.59 0.03 -1.48 -4.79 F 3.94 CA 5 SAN JOAQUIN DRNG. 71.9 0.00 0.00 0.10 1.5 0.94 0.00 -1.30 0.02 -0.93 -5.21 F 4.46 CA 6 SOUTH COAST DRNG. 71.6 0.00 0.00 0.16 2.2 0.92 0.00 -1.46 -0.04 -1.18 -4.13 F 4.03 CA 7 SE DESERT BASINS 75.4 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.4 1.03 0.00 -1.20 -0.19 -1.09 -2.62 F 1.91 ID 1 PANHANDLE 50.0 0.78 0.33 1.27 22.9 0.45 0.00 0.13 0.36 0.58 0.01 P ID 2 NO. CENTRAL PRAIRIES 56.6 0.33 0.00 0.66 9.4 0.63 0.00 -1.30 0.64 -1.56 -3.63 P 5.18 ID 3 NO. CENTRAL CANYONS 57.2 0.30 0.00 0.82 11.7 0.56 0.00 0.02 0.18 -0.08 -1.43 P 1.57 ID 4 CENTRAL MOUNTAINS 52.0 0.24 0.00 0.98 14.1 0.55 0.00 -0.35 0.12 -0.35 -2.60 P 3.45 ID 5 SOUTHWESTERN VALLEYS 57.7 0.02 0.00 0.38 5.4 0.58 0.00 0.08 -0.07 1.69 0.30 P ID 6 SW HIGHLANDS 56.7 0.03 0.00 0.39 5.5 0.61 0.00 -1.09 0.03 -1.17 -2.97 F 2.58 ID 7 CENTRAL PLAINS 56.5 0.00 0.00 0.18 2.6 0.58 0.00 -1.10 -0.03 -1.13 -3.40 F 2.52 ID 8 NORTHEASTERN VALLEYS 53.8 0.05 0.00 0.30 4.2 0.58 0.00 -0.49 -0.30 -0.49 -2.73 P 2.04 ID 9 UPPER SNAKE R. PLAIN 55.2 0.02 0.00 0.33 4.7 0.58 0.00 -1.15 -0.11 -1.22 -4.27 F 3.81 ID 10 EASTERN HIGHLANDS 52.8 0.05 0.00 1.04 14.8 0.55 0.00 -0.71 -0.24 -0.31 -2.85 P 3.38 MT 1 WESTERN 50.7 0.61 0.11 1.69 22.5 0.50 0.00 -0.02 0.66 0.54 -1.75 P 1.98 MT 2 SOUTHWESTERN 52.9 0.09 0.00 1.16 14.5 0.59 0.00 -1.30 -0.10 -1.60 -4.28 F 4.96 MT 3 NORTH CENTRAL 53.5 0.10 0.00 0.08 0.9 0.55 0.00 -1.31 -0.02 -0.48 -5.22 F 5.92 MT 4 CENTRAL 55.7 0.04 0.00 0.45 5.7 0.62 0.00 -1.43 -0.31 -0.51 -4.95 F 6.11 MT 5 SOUTH CENTRAL 55.9 0.07 0.00 1.58 19.8 0.60 0.00 0.15 -0.14 4.56 0.42 P MT 6 NORTHEASTERN 56.1 0.24 0.00 0.14 1.8 0.59 0.00 -0.31 0.01 1.29 -1.31 P 1.22 MT 7 SOUTHEASTERN 58.7 0.10 0.00 1.06 13.3 0.65 0.00 0.01 -0.09 2.03 0.63 P NV 1 NORTHWESTERN 58.8 0.02 0.00 0.08 1.2 0.64 0.00 -1.23 0.17 -1.25 -4.82 F 3.18 NV 2 NORTHEASTERN 56.2 0.02 0.00 0.27 3.8 0.61 0.00 -1.18 -0.06 -1.02 -4.84 F 4.18 NV 3 SOUTH CENTRAL 62.3 0.01 0.00 0.11 1.5 0.71 0.00 -1.15 -0.10 -1.23 -2.74 F 1.91 NV 4 EXTREME SOUTHERN 76.7 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.1 1.09 0.00 -1.39 -0.11 -1.32 -2.98 F 1.83 OR 1 COASTAL AREA 55.8 0.24 0.00 1.57 22.5 0.56 0.00 -0.66 0.03 -1.16 -1.09 P 1.88 OR 2 WILLAMETTE VALLEY 55.8 0.36 0.00 1.06 15.1 0.55 0.00 -0.67 0.51 -1.11 -1.59 P 2.57 OR 3 SOUTHWESTERN VALLEYS 58.7 0.05 0.00 0.63 9.1 0.62 0.00 -1.15 0.08 -1.17 -1.92 F 2.22 OR 4 NORTHERN CASCADES 52.0 0.54 0.04 1.31 19.3 0.50 0.00 -0.53 0.70 -0.98 -1.02 P 1.82 OR 5 HIGH PLATEAU 52.5 0.02 0.00 0.70 9.9 0.61 0.00 -1.59 0.07 -1.69 -3.31 F 4.07 OR 6 NORTH CENTRAL 55.6 0.03 0.00 0.46 6.6 0.54 0.00 -0.72 0.03 -0.98 -2.24 F 1.66 OR 7 SOUTH CENTRAL 52.5 0.04 0.00 0.58 8.2 0.52 0.00 -0.62 0.04 -0.92 -1.62 F 1.03 OR 8 NORTHEAST 54.2 0.07 0.00 0.84 11.9 0.57 0.00 -0.16 -0.18 -0.21 -1.46 P 1.29 OR 9 SOUTHEAST 56.1 0.05 0.00 0.16 2.3 0.56 0.00 0.01 -0.01 0.74 -3.00 P 1.99 UT 1 WESTERN 62.5 0.05 0.00 0.07 1.0 0.74 0.00 -0.96 -0.17 -0.44 -4.79 F 3.65 UT 2 DIXIE 75.2 0.01 0.00 0.07 1.0 1.05 0.00 -1.93 -0.24 -1.67 -2.04 F 2.07 UT 3 NORTH CENTRAL 62.0 0.13 0.00 0.43 6.2 0.70 0.00 -0.38 -0.24 1.34 -1.21 P 1.23 UT 4 SOUTH CENTRAL 61.6 0.04 0.00 0.52 7.5 0.73 0.00 -1.06 -0.32 -1.08 -1.07 F 0.95 UT 5 NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 54.4 0.17 0.00 1.15 16.5 0.60 0.00 0.03 -0.08 2.26 -0.30 P UT 6 UINTA BASIN 61.7 0.04 0.00 0.25 3.6 0.73 0.00 0.03 -0.06 4.14 2.67 P UT 7 SOUTHEAST 68.4 0.03 0.00 0.10 1.4 0.88 0.00 -1.18 -0.39 -1.00 -1.65 F 1.27 WA 1 WEST OLYMPIC COASTAL 52.5 1.19 0.69 4.04 67.6 0.50 0.00 0.35 0.58 -0.71 0.14 P WA 2 NE OLYMPIC SAN JUAN 55.3 0.37 0.00 1.38 19.7 0.57 0.00 0.07 0.04 -0.20 0.52 P WA 3 PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 55.1 0.43 0.00 1.66 23.7 0.55 0.00 0.05 0.04 -0.47 0.28 P WA 4 E OLY. CASC. FOOTHLS 53.9 0.54 0.01 1.60 23.1 0.53 0.00 -0.51 0.53 -1.04 -2.10 P 4.91 WA 5 CASCADE MTNS. WEST 50.2 0.65 0.12 1.80 27.4 0.53 0.00 -0.19 0.31 -1.03 -1.67 P 5.00 WA 6 EAST SLOPE CASCADES 50.8 0.13 0.00 0.67 9.6 0.49 0.00 -0.54 0.13 -0.96 -2.34 P 2.65 WA 7 OKANOGAN BIG BEND 53.9 0.13 0.00 0.25 3.6 0.52 0.00 -0.83 0.54 -1.33 -3.07 P 2.37 WA 8 CENTRAL BASIN 55.9 0.02 0.00 0.18 2.5 0.53 0.00 -0.47 -0.07 -0.99 -1.88 P 0.95 WA 9 NORTHEASTERN 52.5 0.53 0.02 0.60 8.8 0.51 0.00 -0.28 1.25 -0.85 -2.85 P 3.23 WA 10 PALOUSE BLUE MTNS. 54.4 0.14 0.00 0.63 9.0 0.52 0.00 -0.14 0.07 -0.53 -1.18 P 0.89 END OF DATA