January 28

Progress made in Southwest Drought Conditions

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To update everyone with the drought condition improvements we have seen in the Southwest due to the impressive rains last week, lets take a quick look at a few maps to show that progress…..
The first map is that of conditions as of January 12th, 2009.  You can clearly see that most of California and Arizona [...]

March 14

Updated Drought Conditions for California

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I want to direct you over to Ken Clark’s Blog at AccuWeather. He has posted some updated information about the state of the drought conditions in California. I suggest reading his blog post here: Ken Clark’s Blog

December 22

Rain Totals are Up

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Much of California is off to a very good start for its rain season totals, and the Coachella Valley has received it share of much needed rain also. After a very parched season last year, this season has started off quite well. Palm Springs stands at 3.02 inches since July 1st. That’s 177% of [...]

December 8

Drought Improvement

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With last weeks storm we saw an improvement in our drought conditions here in southern California. Below are 2 maps showing the difference before and after the rain. (you may click on each map for a larger view)
As of November 27th on the left and December 4th on the right
       
Drought summary per National Drought Mitigation [...]