427 AXUS76 KHNX 152351 DGTHNX CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-180000- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 451 PM PDT SUN JUL 15 2012 ...DROUGHT IMPACTS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR... SYNOPSIS...ON JULY 3RD 2012...THE COUNTY OF KINGS EXTENDED ITS DROUGHT EMERGENCY FOR ANOTHER MONTH. ON JULY 11TH...THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ISSUED A DROUGHT DISASTER DECLARATION FOR PARTS OF CALIFORNIA...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF FRESNO...KERN... MADERA...MARIPOSA AND TULARE...AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. THE JULY 10TH 2012 U.S DROUGHT MONITOR IS INDICATING SEVERE DROUGHT- LIKE CONDITIONS /CLASSIFICATION D2/ FOR THE NORTHERN INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA IN FRESNO AND MADERA COUNTIES...AND IN TULARE COUNTY SOUTH OF MOUNT WHITNEY. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...THE COUNTY OF KINGS IS CONCERNED ABOUT ONGOING GROUNDWATER OVERCHARGE...LIMITS ON SURFACE-WATER DELIVERIES AND FIRE RISK. DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR HAVE PERSISTED FOR AT LEAST EIGHT WEEKS DURING THE GROWING SEASON. CLIMATE SUMMARY...FOR THE 2011-2012 RAIN SEASON...THE CITY OF HANFORD HAD RECEIVED 5.75 INCHES OF RAIN...OR 64.2 PERCENT OF THE 30-YEAR NORMAL /1981-2010/ OF 8.96 INCHES. THE ASOS AT THE HANFORD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT HAD 5.82 INCHES OF RAIN...57.6 PERCENT OF ITS 10-YEAR NORMAL /2001-2010/ OF 10.10 INCHES. BAKERSFIELD HAD 4.93 INCHES OF RAIN...76.2 PERCENT OF ITS 30-YEAR NORMAL OF 6.47 INCHES. FRESNO HAD 8.15 INCHES OF RAIN...70.9 PERCENT OF ITS 30-YEAR NORMAL OF 11.50 INCHES OF RAIN. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL DOMINATE CALIFORNIA'S WEATHER...FOR UNSEASONABLY COOL WEATHER. TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE KERN COUNTY DESERTS...THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA INCLUDING THE FOOTHILLS AND THE TEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS FOR THE LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS IS INDICATING EQUAL CHANCES OF NEAR-...ABOVE- OR BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...DETAILED RESERVOIR INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/RESERVOIR.HTML NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...THE NEXT PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. && RELATED WEBSITES... CALIFORNIA DATA EXCHANGE CENTER: HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/ CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER: HTTP://WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV/ DROUGHT MONITOR: HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML CALIFORNIA DROUGHT PAGE: HTTP://WATERSUPPLYCONDITIONS.WATER.CA.GOV/ CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER: HTTP://WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD: HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/HNX/ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER DROUGHT MONITOR CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES CALIFORNIA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION CAL FIRE ... QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS...PLEASE REFER ALL QUESTIONS TO W-HNX.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV $$ SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD |