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(ahem) This has got to be a first..

Holiday valley, western Ny...

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two days of warm (34) weather is taking it's toll thou'.

I was up there last night and it was perfect for a coiler.. hardpack, occasional ice..NO ONE THERE!

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Snow?? Snow? who the hell is thinking snow? My buddy called me today, he wants to go waterskiing at a tournament lake in the desert this weekend? The temps have been in the 80s in the desert, cool nights but the days are nice!! I feel the need to try to run the course on some short line lengths!!

BUT on the other hand, I am feeling you painr down here in SoCal also. I want to go boarding or at the least have a coating of white on our local mtns. IT sucks living at the base of the mtns and look up everyday and not be gliding on the white stuff in some way or another.

If you guys get the white stuff before us, send some down this way too.

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Snow?? Snow? who the hell is thinking snow? My buddy called me today, he wants to go waterskiing at a tournament lake in the desert this weekend? The temps have been in the 80s in the desert, cool nights but the days are nice!! I feel the need to try to run the course on some short line lengths!!

BUT on the other hand, I am feeling you painr down here in SoCal also. I want to go boarding or at the least have a coating of white on our local mtns. IT sucks living at the base of the mtns and look up everyday and not be gliding on the white stuff in some way or another.

If you guys get the white stuff before us, send some down this way too.

Baldy is in pretty good shape. Wet bulb stayed below 32 all day, drops to 24 at night.

I might have a way to draw you out of Bear after all if Baldy opens. Oh wouldn't that fry the other mountain's asses if Baldy opened first! :eplus2:

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Lovey is doing fantastic right now. As of this AM:

116" total snow with a 49" base and most of the mtn open. Only the ridge needs to open to be complete.

Ink

Oh man... are you telling me that I'm going to have to ride the Dupraz AGAIN this weekend?!? After the mid-thigh pow shots last Sunday, I was really hoping for some boiler plate just to have a little variety! :ices_ange

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We haven't even been able to turn the guns on till yesterday and looks like we may have to shut'em down before we get enough to open. I'm not that upset though. Still recovering from my rum induced skateboard accident back in September. Need to build back a lot of muscle and bone strength before hitting the slopes.:o

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DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

535 PM PDT FRI DEC 5 2008

...DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA

UNLESS WINTER STORMS BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION OVER

THE NEXT THREE MONTHS...

...ON NOVEMBER 18TH...NYE...WHITE PINE AND CONTIGUOUS NEVADA

COUNTIES DESIGNATED NATURAL DISASTER AREAS BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE DUE TO DROUGHT...

...ON AUGUST 27TH...FIFTY THREE OF CALIFORNIAS FIFTY EIGHT

COUNTIES...INCLUDING ALL THOSE ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER...WERE GIVEN

DISASTER DECLARATIONS BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...

SYNOPSIS...

BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL IN MUCH OF NEVADA AND

EASTERN CALIFORNIA THE PAST TWO WINTERS HAVE LED TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL

FLOWS ON MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE REGION. AS A RESULT...MODERATE

TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS NOW EXIST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEVADA AND

THE EASTERN SIERRA DUE TO LOW STREAMFLOW...RESERVOIR STORAGE AND

EXTREMELY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS.

MUCH OF THIS REGION DEPENDS ON SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORMS DURING LATE

FALL AND WINTER FOR ADEQUATE RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT DURING THE

FOLLOWING SPRING AND SUMMER. FOR THIS REASON...IT IS CRITICAL THAT

STORMS BEGIN TO BRING ADEQUATE MOISTURE TO THE REGION SOON.

ALTHOUGH NOVEMBER WAS FAIRLY WET IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN

NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...IT DID NOT PUT MUCH OF A DENT IN

THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE

STATES. MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION IS NEEDED TO BRING THE REGION OUT

OF ITS MOISTURE DEFICIT. IT IS STILL EARLY ENOUGH IN THE SEASON

THAT THIS DEFICIT CAN BE MADE UP BY EARLY SPRING. HOWEVER...THE

NEXT FEW WEEKS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT WATER SUPPLY NEXT YEAR

WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR THE REGION.

DROUGHT DECLARATIONS...

ON SEPTEMBER 5TH...NEVADA GOVERNOR JIM GIBBONS REQUESTED THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE /USDA/ FOR A DROUGHT DISASTER DECLARATION IN

NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES DUE TO FORAGE PRODUCTION LOSSES CAUSED BY

THE ONGOING DROUGHT. ON NOVEMBER 18TH...THESE TWO COUNTIES...AS WELL

AS ALL CONTIGUOUS NEVADA COUNTIES...WERE DESIGNATED NATURAL DISASTER

AREAS BY USDA SECRETARY SCHAFER DUE TO DROUGHT. THIS DESIGNATION MAKES

FARM AND RANCH OPERATORS IN THE DESIGNATED COUNTIES ELIGIBLE TO BE

CONSIDERED FOR FARM SERVICES AGENCY EMERGENCY LOANS AND THE

SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. COUNTIES IN NEVADA WHICH WERE

NAMED AS CONTIGUOUS DISASTER COUNTIES INCLUDE...CHURCHILL...CLARK...

ELKO...ESMERALDA...EUREKA...LANDER...LINCOLN AND MINERAL.

ON JUNE 4TH CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PROCLAIMED A

STATEWIDE DROUGHT...AND ON AUGUST 27TH...FIFTY THREE OF CALIFORNIA/S

FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES WERE GIVEN DISASTER DECLARATIONS AS DROUGHT HAS

DEVASTATED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE

ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND EMERGENCY LOANS AND...IN SOME COUNTIES...

FUNDS FOR LIVESTOCK FORAGE.

COUNTIES IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER WHICH ARE

INCLUDED IN THIS DISASTER DECLARATION INCLUDE MODOC...LASSEN...

PLUMAS...SIERRA...NEVADA... PLACER...EL DORADO...ALPINE...MONO...

INYO...AND SAN BERNARDINO.

DROUGHT IMPACTS...

RANCHERS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA ARE

STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE THEIR CATTLE WITH FEED AND OTHER NUTRIENTS...AND

THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT WATER SHORTAGES AS WELL. AS A RESULT OF

THE LACK OF PASTURE...WATER...AND HIGH FUEL AND LIVESTOCK FEED

PRICES..RANCHERS ARE THINNING THEIR HERDS AS THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO

FEED THEM.

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HAS SPEEDED UP THE PROCESS

OF AWARDING $17 MILLION FOR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE

STATE. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR REBATE PROGRAMS...EDUCATION AND

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES...LEAK DETECTION AND UPGRADING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE

WATER EFFICIENCY.

REPRESENTATIVE RIVER FLOWS AND RESERVOIR STORAGE BY BASIN AS OF

DECEMBER 5TH...

FLOWS ON MANY UNCONTROLLED RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE MUCH BELOW AVERAGE

THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA DUE TO BELOW NORMAL

PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL THE PAST TWO WINTERS. OUTPUT OF SOME

SPRINGS AND WELLS IN SOME OF THE DRIEST AREAS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY

DECREASED OR HAVE GONE DRY. FOLLOWING ARE SOME REPRENTATIVE VALUES...

BRUNEAU RIVER BASIN...

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE BRUNEAU RIVER AT ROWLAND NV WERE 10 CUBIC

FEET PER SECOND /CFS/ OR 36 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.

OWYHEE RIVER BASIN...

FLOWS ON THE OWYHEE RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN CITY WERE 16 CFS OR 76

PERCENT OF AVERAGE ON DECEMBER 5TH.

HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN...

ON NOVEMBER 30TH...STORAGE ON RYE PATCH RESERVOIR WAS 7658 ACRE FEET

/AF/...4 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 9 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE.

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE HUMBOLDT RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS...

ELKO...............................16 CFS....26 PCT OF AVG.

PALISADE...........................85 CFS....81 PCT OF AVG.

BATTLE MOUNTAIN....................65 CFS....66 PCT OF AVG.

COMUS..............................21 CFS....23 PCT OF AVG.

IMLAY /ABOVE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR/..15 CFS....18 PCT OF AVG.

BELOW RYE PATCH DAM.................2 CFS.....8 PCT OF AVG.

PLUMAS COUNTY CALIFORNIA...

ON DECEMBER 5TH...FLOWS ON THE MIDDLE FORK FEATHER RIVER NEAR

PORTOLA WERE 45 CFS OR 48 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.

LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE RIVER BASINS...

IF THE WEATHER REMAINS DRY...LAKE TAHOE IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO ITS

NATURAL RIM BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER. MOST BOAT LAUNCHES HAVE

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO LOW WATER LEVELS. NORMAL FLOWS WILL BE

MAINTAINED ON THE MAINSTEM TRUCKEE RIVER BELOW BOCA DAM /AT FARAD/

THROUGH THE WINTER. TRUCKEE RIVER FLOWS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH

WATER FROM PROSSER AND BOCA RESERVOIRS.

DECEMBER 5TH STORAGE ON LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE BASIN RESERVOIRS WAS

AS FOLLOWS...

LAKE TAHOE.......21860 AF....3 PCT OF CAPACITY.... 6 PCT OF AVG.

PROSSER RSVR..... 9622 AF...34 PCT OF CAPACITY...106 PCT OF AVG.

STAMPEDE RSVR...107004 AF...47 PCT OF CAPACITY... 82 PCT OF AVG.

BOCA RSVR........10185 AF...25 PCT OF CAPACITY... 49 PCT OF AVG.

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS...

TAHOE CITY... 10 CFS... 4 PCT OF AVG.

TRUCKEE...... 22 CFS... 10 PCT OF AVG.

FARAD........302 CFS... 66 PCT OF AVG.

RENO.........289 CFS... 60 PCT OF AVG.

VISTA........339 CFS... 54 PCT OF AVG.

WADSWORTH....106 CFS... 24 PCT OF AVG.

NIXON........108 CFS... 33 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT AND GALENA CREEK BASINS...

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE STEAMBOAT AND GALENA CREEK BASINS WERE AS

FOLLOWS...

GALENA CK AT GALENA CK STATE PARK...8 CFS.....115 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT CK AT STEAMBOAT...........2 CFS..... 24 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT CK AT GEIGER GRADE........0.2 CFS.... 9 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT CK AT RENO /SHORT LANE/...5 CFS..... 53 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RIVER BASIN ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR...

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE CARSON RIVER ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WERE

AS FOLLOWS...

EAST FK CARSON R NR GARDNERVILLE...48 CFS...31 PCT OF AVG.

WEST FK CARSON R AT WOODFORDS......12 CFS...32 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RVR NR CARSON CITY..........87 CFS...28 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RVR AT DAYTON...............71 CFS...37 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RVR NR FT CHURCHILL.........72 CFS.. 26 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RIVER BELOW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR...

DECEMBER 5TH STORAGE ON LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WAS 26473 ACRE FEET...9

PCT OF CAPACITY...WHICH IS 21 PCT OF AVG. RELEASE FROM LAHONTAN WAS

3.1 CFS...8 PCT OF AVG.

WALKER RIVER BASIN...

AS OF DECEMBER 5TH...STORAGE ON BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR WAS 8100

AF...19 PCT OF CAPACITY...OR 47 PCT OF AVG. STORAGE ON TOPAZ WAS

10580 AF...18 PCT OF CAPACITY...65 PCT OF AVG.

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS AT VARIOUS POINTS ON THE WALKER RIVER WERE AS

FOLLOWS...

EAST WALKER RVR BELOW BRIDGEPORT RSVR...29 CFS....88 PCT OF AVG.

WEST WALKER RVR ABOVE TOPAZ RSVR........31 CFS....48 PCT OF AVG.

WEST WALKER RVR BELOW TOPAZ RSVR........34 CFS....68 PCT OF AVG.

WALKER RVR NEAR WABUSKA.................47 CFS....45 PCT OF AVG.

WALKER RVR BELOW WEBER DAM AT SCHURZ.... 0 CFS... 0 PCT OF AVG.

SOUTHERN NEVADA...

NO UNUSUALLY SEVERE DROUGHT IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN

NEVADA AS OF EARLY DECEMBER. HEAVY NOVEMBER RAINFALL IN THIS AREA

HELPED CONDITIONS. DECEMBER 5TH STORAGE ON LAKE MEAD WAS 12167000

ACRE FEET...47 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 56 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE

FLOW ON THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR THE GRAND CANYON ARIZONA ABOVE LAKE

MEAD WAS 15800 CFS...110 PCT OF AVG. THE FLOW ON THE MUDDY RIVER

NEAR GLENDALE WAS 31 CFS...74 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.

FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...

DROUGHT RELATED FIRE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED BY BLM CARSON

CITY DISTRICT...AS WELL AS THE CARSON AND BRIDGEPORT DISTRICTS OF

THE HUMBOLDT-TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST AND THE LASSEN AND PLUMAS

NATIONAL FORESTS. THIS IS DUE TO DECREASED SUN...LOWER TEMPERATURES

AND INCREASED FUEL MOISTURE. FIRE DANGER THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND

EASTERN CALIFORNIA WAS IN THE LOW TO MODERATE RANGE ON DECEMBER 5TH.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS...

DUE TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS...REDUCED FORAGE AND OVERPOPULATION

THREATEN THE SURVIVAL OF NEVADA WILD HORSE AND BURRO POPULATIONS.

THESE WILD HORSES AND BURROS MUST TRAVEL UP TO TEN MILES DAILY TO

GET FOOD AND WATER BECAUSE OF MINIMAL FORAGE LEFT NEAR WATER SOURCES

ON THE RANGE.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...

PRECIPITATION FOR THE 2009 WATER YEAR SO FAR...FROM OCTOBER THROUGH

NOVEMBER 2008...HAS BEEN WELL BELOW NORMAL /LESS THAN 50 PERCENT/ IN

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA...

IN NEVADA...NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND EXTREME SOUTHERN WASHOE...ALL OF

CARSON CITY...DOUGLAS...AND LYON...SOUTHWEST CHURCHILL...WESTERN

MINERAL... SOUTHEAST HUMBOLDT...NORTHEAST PERSHING...MUCH OF LANDER

AND EUREKA...AND WESTERN WHITE PINE.

IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...EASTERN MODOC...MOST OF EASTERN LASSEN...

EASTERN PLUMAS...SIERRA...NEVADA...PLACER...EL DORADO...ALPINE AND

EXTREME NORTHERN MONO.

PORTIONS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WHICH HAVE HAD ABOVE

NORMAL /OVER 100 PERCENT/ SINCE OCTOBER 1 INCLUDE...

IN NEVADA...CENTRAL PERSHING...NORTHERN CHURCHILL...EASTERN

ELKO...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NYE...MUCH OF LINCOLN...AND NORTHWEST

CLARK.

IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...MOST OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

HAVE HAD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE OCTOBER 1.

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...

LONG RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA...

FOR DECEMBER...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT BELOW

AVERAGE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THERE

ARE EQUAL CHANCES OF GETTING ABOVE NORMAL...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL

PRECIPITATION IN THE REST OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.

DECEMBER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT

NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA.

THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH IS

FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF HAVING ABOVE NORMAL...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL

PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...

LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER IS WHEN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FROM

WINTER STORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IT HAS BEEN

RELATIVELY DRY THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION SINCE

MID NOVEMBER... AND NO CHANGE IS EXPECTED UNTIL ABOUT DECEMBER 13TH

WHEN METEOROLOGICAL MODELS NOW SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR A CHANGE TO A

WETTER PATTERN.

IT IS STILL EARLY ENOUGH IN THE SEASON THAT THE MOISTURE DEFICIT CAN

BE MADE UP IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF WINTER. HOWEVER...THE NEXT

FEW WEEKS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT WATER SUPPLY NEXT YEAR WILL

BE ADEQUATE FOR THE REGION.

NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED BY JANUARY 10TH OR SOONER IF NECESSARY

IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS.

&&

RELATED WEB SITES...

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT

THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR.........WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML

NOAA DROUGHT PAGE............WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER....WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...

NWS.....WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS

USGS....WATER.USGS.GOV

NWS CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER...

HTTP://WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV/

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE...

HTTP://WWW.NV.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/INDEX.HTML

CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES...

HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RENO

NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER LONG RANGE OUTLOOK

MAPS...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/FORECASTS/

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...

THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL AND WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATIC

DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS

AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.

INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OBSERVATION SITES...CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA STATE

CLIMATOLOGISTS...NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...PERSHING COUNTY

WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT...WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT...

WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE...FEDERAL WATER MASTER...TRUCKEE/CARSON

IRRIGATION DISTRICT...NEVADA STATE ENGINEERS OFFICE...AND NWS

OFFICES IN ELKO AND LAS VEGAS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION

STATEMENT PLEASE CONTACT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

2350 RAGGIO PKWY

RENO NV 89512

PHONE...775-673-8100

WEATHER.GOV/RENO

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AXUS75 KREV 060135

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NVZ001>037-CAZ070>073-200000-

DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

535 PM PDT FRI DEC 5 2008

...DROUGHT CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA

UNLESS WINTER STORMS BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION OVER

THE NEXT THREE MONTHS...

...ON NOVEMBER 18TH...NYE...WHITE PINE AND CONTIGUOUS NEVADA

COUNTIES DESIGNATED NATURAL DISASTER AREAS BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE DUE TO DROUGHT...

...ON AUGUST 27TH...FIFTY THREE OF CALIFORNIAS FIFTY EIGHT

COUNTIES...INCLUDING ALL THOSE ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER...WERE GIVEN

DISASTER DECLARATIONS BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...

SYNOPSIS...

BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL IN MUCH OF NEVADA AND

EASTERN CALIFORNIA THE PAST TWO WINTERS HAVE LED TO MUCH BELOW NORMAL

FLOWS ON MOST RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE REGION. AS A RESULT...MODERATE

TO SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS NOW EXIST THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEVADA AND

THE EASTERN SIERRA DUE TO LOW STREAMFLOW...RESERVOIR STORAGE AND

EXTREMELY DRY RANGELAND CONDITIONS.

MUCH OF THIS REGION DEPENDS ON SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORMS DURING LATE

FALL AND WINTER FOR ADEQUATE RUNOFF FROM SNOWMELT DURING THE

FOLLOWING SPRING AND SUMMER. FOR THIS REASON...IT IS CRITICAL THAT

STORMS BEGIN TO BRING ADEQUATE MOISTURE TO THE REGION SOON.

ALTHOUGH NOVEMBER WAS FAIRLY WET IN SOME AREAS...ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN

NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...IT DID NOT PUT MUCH OF A DENT IN

THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE

STATES. MUCH MORE PRECIPITATION IS NEEDED TO BRING THE REGION OUT

OF ITS MOISTURE DEFICIT. IT IS STILL EARLY ENOUGH IN THE SEASON

THAT THIS DEFICIT CAN BE MADE UP BY EARLY SPRING. HOWEVER...THE

NEXT FEW WEEKS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT WATER SUPPLY NEXT YEAR

WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR THE REGION.

DROUGHT DECLARATIONS...

ON SEPTEMBER 5TH...NEVADA GOVERNOR JIM GIBBONS REQUESTED THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE /USDA/ FOR A DROUGHT DISASTER DECLARATION IN

NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES DUE TO FORAGE PRODUCTION LOSSES CAUSED BY

THE ONGOING DROUGHT. ON NOVEMBER 18TH...THESE TWO COUNTIES...AS WELL

AS ALL CONTIGUOUS NEVADA COUNTIES...WERE DESIGNATED NATURAL DISASTER

AREAS BY USDA SECRETARY SCHAFER DUE TO DROUGHT. THIS DESIGNATION MAKES

FARM AND RANCH OPERATORS IN THE DESIGNATED COUNTIES ELIGIBLE TO BE

CONSIDERED FOR FARM SERVICES AGENCY EMERGENCY LOANS AND THE

SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. COUNTIES IN NEVADA WHICH WERE

NAMED AS CONTIGUOUS DISASTER COUNTIES INCLUDE...CHURCHILL...CLARK...

ELKO...ESMERALDA...EUREKA...LANDER...LINCOLN AND MINERAL.

ON JUNE 4TH CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PROCLAIMED A

STATEWIDE DROUGHT...AND ON AUGUST 27TH...FIFTY THREE OF CALIFORNIA/S

FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES WERE GIVEN DISASTER DECLARATIONS AS DROUGHT HAS

DEVASTATED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES. GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS INCLUDE

ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS AND EMERGENCY LOANS AND...IN SOME COUNTIES...

FUNDS FOR LIVESTOCK FORAGE.

COUNTIES IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA ALONG THE NEVADA BORDER WHICH ARE

INCLUDED IN THIS DISASTER DECLARATION INCLUDE MODOC...LASSEN...

PLUMAS...SIERRA...NEVADA... PLACER...EL DORADO...ALPINE...MONO...

INYO...AND SAN BERNARDINO.

DROUGHT IMPACTS...

RANCHERS THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA ARE

STRUGGLING TO PROVIDE THEIR CATTLE WITH FEED AND OTHER NUTRIENTS...AND

THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT WATER SHORTAGES AS WELL. AS A RESULT OF

THE LACK OF PASTURE...WATER...AND HIGH FUEL AND LIVESTOCK FEED

PRICES..RANCHERS ARE THINNING THEIR HERDS AS THEY CANNOT AFFORD TO

FEED THEM.

THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES HAS SPEEDED UP THE PROCESS

OF AWARDING $17 MILLION FOR WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE

STATE. THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR REBATE PROGRAMS...EDUCATION AND

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES...LEAK DETECTION AND UPGRADING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE

WATER EFFICIENCY.

REPRESENTATIVE RIVER FLOWS AND RESERVOIR STORAGE BY BASIN AS OF

DECEMBER 5TH...

FLOWS ON MANY UNCONTROLLED RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE MUCH BELOW AVERAGE

THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA DUE TO BELOW NORMAL

PRECIPITATION AND SNOWFALL THE PAST TWO WINTERS. OUTPUT OF SOME

SPRINGS AND WELLS IN SOME OF THE DRIEST AREAS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY

DECREASED OR HAVE GONE DRY. FOLLOWING ARE SOME REPRENTATIVE VALUES...

BRUNEAU RIVER BASIN...

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE BRUNEAU RIVER AT ROWLAND NV WERE 10 CUBIC

FEET PER SECOND /CFS/ OR 36 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.

OWYHEE RIVER BASIN...

FLOWS ON THE OWYHEE RIVER NEAR MOUNTAIN CITY WERE 16 CFS OR 76

PERCENT OF AVERAGE ON DECEMBER 5TH.

HUMBOLDT RIVER BASIN...

ON NOVEMBER 30TH...STORAGE ON RYE PATCH RESERVOIR WAS 7658 ACRE FEET

/AF/...4 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 9 PERCENT OF AVERAGE FOR THIS DATE.

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE HUMBOLDT RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS...

ELKO...............................16 CFS....26 PCT OF AVG.

PALISADE...........................85 CFS....81 PCT OF AVG.

BATTLE MOUNTAIN....................65 CFS....66 PCT OF AVG.

COMUS..............................21 CFS....23 PCT OF AVG.

IMLAY /ABOVE RYE PATCH RESERVOIR/..15 CFS....18 PCT OF AVG.

BELOW RYE PATCH DAM.................2 CFS.....8 PCT OF AVG.

PLUMAS COUNTY CALIFORNIA...

ON DECEMBER 5TH...FLOWS ON THE MIDDLE FORK FEATHER RIVER NEAR

PORTOLA WERE 45 CFS OR 48 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.

LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE RIVER BASINS...

IF THE WEATHER REMAINS DRY...LAKE TAHOE IS EXPECTED TO DROP TO ITS

NATURAL RIM BEFORE THE END OF DECEMBER. MOST BOAT LAUNCHES HAVE

BEEN CLOSED DUE TO LOW WATER LEVELS. NORMAL FLOWS WILL BE

MAINTAINED ON THE MAINSTEM TRUCKEE RIVER BELOW BOCA DAM /AT FARAD/

THROUGH THE WINTER. TRUCKEE RIVER FLOWS WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH

WATER FROM PROSSER AND BOCA RESERVOIRS.

DECEMBER 5TH STORAGE ON LAKE TAHOE AND TRUCKEE BASIN RESERVOIRS WAS

AS FOLLOWS...

LAKE TAHOE.......21860 AF....3 PCT OF CAPACITY.... 6 PCT OF AVG.

PROSSER RSVR..... 9622 AF...34 PCT OF CAPACITY...106 PCT OF AVG.

STAMPEDE RSVR...107004 AF...47 PCT OF CAPACITY... 82 PCT OF AVG.

BOCA RSVR........10185 AF...25 PCT OF CAPACITY... 49 PCT OF AVG.

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE TRUCKEE RIVER WERE AS FOLLOWS...

TAHOE CITY... 10 CFS... 4 PCT OF AVG.

TRUCKEE...... 22 CFS... 10 PCT OF AVG.

FARAD........302 CFS... 66 PCT OF AVG.

RENO.........289 CFS... 60 PCT OF AVG.

VISTA........339 CFS... 54 PCT OF AVG.

WADSWORTH....106 CFS... 24 PCT OF AVG.

NIXON........108 CFS... 33 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT AND GALENA CREEK BASINS...

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE STEAMBOAT AND GALENA CREEK BASINS WERE AS

FOLLOWS...

GALENA CK AT GALENA CK STATE PARK...8 CFS.....115 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT CK AT STEAMBOAT...........2 CFS..... 24 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT CK AT GEIGER GRADE........0.2 CFS.... 9 PCT OF AVG.

STEAMBOAT CK AT RENO /SHORT LANE/...5 CFS..... 53 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RIVER BASIN ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR...

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS ON THE CARSON RIVER ABOVE LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WERE

AS FOLLOWS...

EAST FK CARSON R NR GARDNERVILLE...48 CFS...31 PCT OF AVG.

WEST FK CARSON R AT WOODFORDS......12 CFS...32 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RVR NR CARSON CITY..........87 CFS...28 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RVR AT DAYTON...............71 CFS...37 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RVR NR FT CHURCHILL.........72 CFS.. 26 PCT OF AVG.

CARSON RIVER BELOW LAHONTAN RESERVOIR...

DECEMBER 5TH STORAGE ON LAHONTAN RESERVOIR WAS 26473 ACRE FEET...9

PCT OF CAPACITY...WHICH IS 21 PCT OF AVG. RELEASE FROM LAHONTAN WAS

3.1 CFS...8 PCT OF AVG.

WALKER RIVER BASIN...

AS OF DECEMBER 5TH...STORAGE ON BRIDGEPORT RESERVOIR WAS 8100

AF...19 PCT OF CAPACITY...OR 47 PCT OF AVG. STORAGE ON TOPAZ WAS

10580 AF...18 PCT OF CAPACITY...65 PCT OF AVG.

DECEMBER 5TH FLOWS AT VARIOUS POINTS ON THE WALKER RIVER WERE AS

FOLLOWS...

EAST WALKER RVR BELOW BRIDGEPORT RSVR...29 CFS....88 PCT OF AVG.

WEST WALKER RVR ABOVE TOPAZ RSVR........31 CFS....48 PCT OF AVG.

WEST WALKER RVR BELOW TOPAZ RSVR........34 CFS....68 PCT OF AVG.

WALKER RVR NEAR WABUSKA.................47 CFS....45 PCT OF AVG.

WALKER RVR BELOW WEBER DAM AT SCHURZ.... 0 CFS... 0 PCT OF AVG.

SOUTHERN NEVADA...

NO UNUSUALLY SEVERE DROUGHT IMPACTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTHERN

NEVADA AS OF EARLY DECEMBER. HEAVY NOVEMBER RAINFALL IN THIS AREA

HELPED CONDITIONS. DECEMBER 5TH STORAGE ON LAKE MEAD WAS 12167000

ACRE FEET...47 PERCENT OF CAPACITY...AND 56 PERCENT OF AVERAGE. THE

FLOW ON THE COLORADO RIVER NEAR THE GRAND CANYON ARIZONA ABOVE LAKE

MEAD WAS 15800 CFS...110 PCT OF AVG. THE FLOW ON THE MUDDY RIVER

NEAR GLENDALE WAS 31 CFS...74 PERCENT OF AVERAGE.

FIRE DANGER IMPACTS...

DROUGHT RELATED FIRE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED BY BLM CARSON

CITY DISTRICT...AS WELL AS THE CARSON AND BRIDGEPORT DISTRICTS OF

THE HUMBOLDT-TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST AND THE LASSEN AND PLUMAS

NATIONAL FORESTS. THIS IS DUE TO DECREASED SUN...LOWER TEMPERATURES

AND INCREASED FUEL MOISTURE. FIRE DANGER THROUGHOUT NEVADA AND

EASTERN CALIFORNIA WAS IN THE LOW TO MODERATE RANGE ON DECEMBER 5TH.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS...

DUE TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS...REDUCED FORAGE AND OVERPOPULATION

THREATEN THE SURVIVAL OF NEVADA WILD HORSE AND BURRO POPULATIONS.

THESE WILD HORSES AND BURROS MUST TRAVEL UP TO TEN MILES DAILY TO

GET FOOD AND WATER BECAUSE OF MINIMAL FORAGE LEFT NEAR WATER SOURCES

ON THE RANGE.

CLIMATE SUMMARY...

PRECIPITATION FOR THE 2009 WATER YEAR SO FAR...FROM OCTOBER THROUGH

NOVEMBER 2008...HAS BEEN WELL BELOW NORMAL /LESS THAN 50 PERCENT/ IN

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA...

IN NEVADA...NORTHERN...CENTRAL AND EXTREME SOUTHERN WASHOE...ALL OF

CARSON CITY...DOUGLAS...AND LYON...SOUTHWEST CHURCHILL...WESTERN

MINERAL... SOUTHEAST HUMBOLDT...NORTHEAST PERSHING...MUCH OF LANDER

AND EUREKA...AND WESTERN WHITE PINE.

IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...EASTERN MODOC...MOST OF EASTERN LASSEN...

EASTERN PLUMAS...SIERRA...NEVADA...PLACER...EL DORADO...ALPINE AND

EXTREME NORTHERN MONO.

PORTIONS OF NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA WHICH HAVE HAD ABOVE

NORMAL /OVER 100 PERCENT/ SINCE OCTOBER 1 INCLUDE...

IN NEVADA...CENTRAL PERSHING...NORTHERN CHURCHILL...EASTERN

ELKO...THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NYE...MUCH OF LINCOLN...AND NORTHWEST

CLARK.

IN EASTERN CALIFORNIA...MOST OF INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

HAVE HAD ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION SINCE OCTOBER 1.

PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...

LONG RANGE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA...

FOR DECEMBER...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT BELOW

AVERAGE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THERE

ARE EQUAL CHANCES OF GETTING ABOVE NORMAL...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL

PRECIPITATION IN THE REST OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.

DECEMBER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGHOUT

NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA.

THE LONG RANGE OUTLOOK FOR THE MONTHS OF JANUARY THROUGH MARCH IS

FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF HAVING ABOVE NORMAL...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL

PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK...

LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER IS WHEN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION FROM

WINTER STORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REGION. IT HAS BEEN

RELATIVELY DRY THROUGHOUT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE REGION SINCE

MID NOVEMBER... AND NO CHANGE IS EXPECTED UNTIL ABOUT DECEMBER 13TH

WHEN METEOROLOGICAL MODELS NOW SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR A CHANGE TO A

WETTER PATTERN.

IT IS STILL EARLY ENOUGH IN THE SEASON THAT THE MOISTURE DEFICIT CAN

BE MADE UP IN THE REMAINING MONTHS OF WINTER. HOWEVER...THE NEXT

FEW WEEKS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT WATER SUPPLY NEXT YEAR WILL

BE ADEQUATE FOR THE REGION.

NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...

THIS PRODUCT WILL BE UPDATED BY JANUARY 10TH OR SOONER IF NECESSARY

IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS.

&&

RELATED WEB SITES...

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CURRENT DROUGHT CONDITIONS MAY BE FOUND AT

THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESSES /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/...

U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR.........WWW.DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML

NOAA DROUGHT PAGE............WWW.DROUGHT.NOAA.GOV

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER....WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV

ADDITIONAL RIVER INFORMATION...

NWS.....WWW.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS

USGS....WATER.USGS.GOV

NWS CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER...

HTTP://WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV/

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE...

HTTP://WWW.NV.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/INDEX.HTML

CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF WATER RESOURCES...

HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RENO

NWS CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER LONG RANGE OUTLOOK

MAPS...HTTP://WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV/PRODUCTS/FORECASTS/

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...

THE DROUGHT MONITOR IS A MULTI-AGENCY EFFORT INVOLVING NOAA/S

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL AND WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATIC

DATA CENTER...THE USDA...STATE AND REGIONAL CENTER CLIMATOLOGISTS

AND THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MITIGATION CENTER.

INFORMATION FOR THIS STATEMENT HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM NWS AND U.S.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OBSERVATION SITES...CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA STATE

CLIMATOLOGISTS...NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE...PERSHING COUNTY

WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT...WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT...

WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE...FEDERAL WATER MASTER...TRUCKEE/CARSON

IRRIGATION DISTRICT...NEVADA STATE ENGINEERS OFFICE...AND NWS

OFFICES IN ELKO AND LAS VEGAS.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS...

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DROUGHT INFORMATION

STATEMENT PLEASE CONTACT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

2350 RAGGIO PKWY

RENO NV 89512

PHONE...775-673-8100

WEATHER.GOV/RENO

REV.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV</pre>

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