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National Weather Service Tucson Arizona satellite page
Southeast
Arizona Drought Monitoring
Experimental product
(updated October 15th with September 2004 data)
Next update will be by November 15th
with October 2004 data
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Move
your mouse over the above areas to change graphs below. |
Select
an area above to see individual stations in that area. |
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What
do the above graphics show? The area shaded BLACK shows monthly
precipitation departure from (1971-2000) normals. The RED
line depicts 12-month total precipitation departure from normal with SURPLUSES
above the zero line and DEFICITS below
the zero line. The BLUE line shows what
is the 60% departure of the yearly normal. Note: x-axis time scale is
reversed -- most recent is at left. |
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Current
drought conditions versus 2003 and 2002
(as of October 26, 2004) |
Location
area |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
Eastern
Pima county |
D1
- Moderate |
D1
- Moderate |
D2
- Severe |
Central
Pima county |
D0
- Dry |
D1
- Moderate |
D2
- Severe |
Western
Pima county |
D0/D1
- Dry |
D0
- Dry |
D2
- Severe |
Southeast
Pinal county |
D1/D2
- Severe |
D1
- Moderate |
D2
- Severe |
Graham/Srn
Greenlee cty |
D2
- Severe |
D1/D2
- Severe |
D1
- Moderate |
Santa
Cruz county |
D1
- Moderate |
D1
- Moderate |
D2
- Severe |
Northwest
Cochise county |
D2
- Severe |
D1
- Moderate |
D1
- Moderate |
Southwest
Cochise county |
D2
- Severe |
D1
- Moderate |
D2
- Severe |
Northeast
Cochise county |
D2
- Severe |
D2/D3
- Extreme |
D1
- Moderate |
Southeast
Cochise county |
D3
- Extreme |
D2/D3
- Extreme |
D1
- Moderate |
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Drought
intensity classifications (definitions) |
D0
- Dry |
D2
- Severe |
D4
- Exceptional |
D1
- Moderate |
D3
- Extreme |
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What is DROUGHT? |
Arizona
drought data (experimental product from NWS Phoenix) |
Additional
drought monitoring links |
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Webmaster
National Weather Service
Tucson Weather Forecast Office
520 North Park Ave, Suite 304
Tucson, AZ 85719
Tel: (520) 670-6526
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