Monitoring Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Monitoring

 February 2005

Wet January further alleviates drought [Nevada]
http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Feb-01-Tue-2005/news/25777278.html

Too soon for the ‘05 drought blues [Washington]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2002167366_watered02.html

Experts: Winter snowpacks indicate drought far from over [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/03/build/state/35-winter-drought.inc

End of drought looks likely [Utah]
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=148345

UW scientists: Drought near
http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=Articles&-response=newspage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=11828&-search

Arid Arizona points to global warming as culprit
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/breaking/story.asp?submitDate=200527215817

California avoids Western drought
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/10831540.htm?1c

Drought prospect mixed for Skagit County [Washington]
http://www.skagitvalleyherald.com/articles/2005/02/05/news/news03.txt

Snowpack runoff forecast isn’t good [Nebraska]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1328610

Trouble looms for Washington’s water supply
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20No%20Snow

Anticipate water crises [Great Plains]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=608&u_sid=1331641

Huge winter snows helping to shrink N.M. drought [New Mexico]
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/2005-02-09-NewMexico-drought_x.htm?csp=34

Water supply committee forecasts grim outlook [Idaho]
http://www.kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5157&ContentID=x62338&Layout=KBCI.xsl&AdGroupID=x5154

Hurricane damage may put Fla. at fire risk [Florida]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=675&u_sid=1326164

Nebraska can’t count on snowmelt
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1339579

Rain’s effect on drought debated [California]
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/4202395/detail.html

Corps warns of lower Missouri streamflows
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/02/17/nebraska/doc421533f3a42b6106966474.txt

Despite above-average rainfall, drought lingers in Albuquerque
http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_local/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19858_3552222,00.html

Recent storms reduce state’s drought [Arizona]
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2955877&nav=HMO6WThe

More rain on way: Community still faces drought, tree-ring researchers say [western US]
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=local&story_id=022105a4_drought

Study: Frequent drought expected in Yakima Valley [Washington]
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/02/20/news/the_west/west03.txt

Living with drought: Signs point to global warming
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/02/20/news/local/news01.txt

Sunny winter days spur drought concerns [Washington]
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/213225_drought23.html?source=rss

Slim chance of northern Wyoming escaping drought this year [Wyoming]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2005/02/22/build/wyoming/20-drought.inc

Snowpack remains skimpy: Recent storms haven’t had much impact on drought [Idaho]
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/02/22/news/local/news02.txt

Drought relief possible [western US]
http://www.wlj.net/editorial/022105_drought_relief_possible.asp