HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1227 PM EDT THU NOV 29 2007 ...DROUGHT STATEMENT... ...RAINFALL OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS HAS ENDED DROUGHT CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND... ...US DROUGHT MONITOR... THE LATEST DROUGHT MONITOR IS DATED NOVEMBER 27TH. EASTERN NEW YORK...ACCORDING TO THE U S DROUGHT MONITOR...NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST IN EASTERN NEW YORK. SOUTHERN VERMONT...ACCORDING TO THE U S DROUGHT MONITOR...NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...ACCORDING TO THE U S DROUGHT MONITOR...NO DROUGHT CONDITIONS EXIST IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT...ACCORDING TO THE U S DROUGHT MONITOR...EASTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IS CATEGORIZED AS ABNORMALLY DRY. ...CURRENT CONDITIONS... STREAMFLOW LEVELS...NATURAL STREAM FLOW LEVELS ARE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL OVER ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. PRECIPITATION...RAINFALL SINCE OCTOBER 1ST WAS NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. GROUNDWATER...IN NEW YORK...USGS GROUNDWATER LEVELS ARE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...GROUNDWATER READINGS WERE NEAR NORMAL. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...GROUNDWATER MONITORING WELLS WERE NEAR NORMAL. IN WESTERN CONNECTICUT...GROUNDWATER LEVELS WERE BELOW NORMAL TO NEAR NORMAL. SOIL MOISTURE...THE PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX INDICATES NEAR NORMAL TO VERY MOIST CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...EXCEPT FOR THE CATSKILL MOUNTAIN REGION WHERE EXTREMELY MOIST CONDITIONS ARE INDICATED. RESERVOIR LEVELS...RESERVOIR LEVELS ARE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. HINCKLEY RESERVOIR ON THE WEST CANADA CREEK...AND SCHOHARIE RESERVOIR ON THE SCHOHARIE CREEK ARE SPILLING. ...PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK... FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS...PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO BE NEAR NORMAL AND TEMPERATURE LOOKS TO BE BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS...THE OUTLOOK IS FOR NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE. THE 90 DAY OUTLOOK THROUGH FEBRUARY 2008 SHOWS NO CLEAR SIGNALS FOR ABOVE OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION BUT SHOWS SIGNALS THAT TEMPERATURE WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... THIS IS THE LAST OF A SERIES OF DROUGHT STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. TO HELP CONSERVE WATER...HERE ARE A FEW WATER CONSERVATION TIPS: 1. TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS... 2. RUN DISHWASHERS AND WASHING MACHINES WITH FULL LOADS... 3. DO NOT LET WATER RUN WHEN SHAVING OR BRUSHING TEETH... 4. FIX ANY LEAKS IN FAUCETS (INDOORS AND OUTDOORS)... 5. INSTALL WATER SAVING FIXTURES SUCH AS LOW-FLOW SHOWER HEADS... DIRIENZO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR CAN BE FOUND AT...
http://drought.unl.edu/dm/DM_northeast.htm
CURRENT STREAMFLOWS CAN BE FOUND AT THE USGS BY VISITING...
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURES CAN BE FOUND AT...
http://water.weather.gov/
CURRENT GROUNDWATER LEVELS CAN BE FOUND FROM THE USGS BY VISITING...
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ny/nwis/gw
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/vt/nwis/gw
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ma/nwis/gw
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ct/nwis/gw
THE LATEST PALMER DROUGHT SEVERITY INDEX CAN BE FOUND AT...
http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/regional_monitoring/palmer.gif
MORE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING THESE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNET WEB SITES...
http://weather.gov/aly/
http://weather.gov/marfc/
http://weather.gov/nerfc/