Monitoring Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Monitoring

 January 2005

Heavy rains in West begin chasing its drought
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/08/national/08water.html?ex=1105851600&en=51bc1acd01ecea1b&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1

Snow and rain eases some drought conditions [New Mexico]
http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=16114&cat=NMTOPSTORIES

It’s wet now, but drought’s still on [Arizona]
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=34346

Snowpacked: Some areas of Utah could go from drought to flooding this spring
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600102805,00.html

Utah’s drought conditions improve with new snowpack
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=39&sid=142658

Wet weather doesn’t mean end of drought [Arizona]
http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/frontpage_lead/story/17762

The National Weather Service says Idaho enters its seventh drought year
http://www2.kidktv.com/x18258.xml?ParentPageID=x3963&ContentID=x61026&Layout=kidk.xsl&AdGroupID=x18258

Drought forecast issued [US]
http://www.disasternews.net/news/news.php?articleid=2530

State water levels fall short [Idaho]
http://www.journalnet.com/articles/2005/01/04/news/local/news01.txt

Drought remains despite storms [California]
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050102-9999-1m2drought.html

Snow may ease West’s drought
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=local&story_id=011005a6_droughtsnowpack

Rain may or may not signal drought’s end [California]
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/01/09/news/californian/20_47_341_8_05.txt

Southwest is inundated, curbing 5-year drought [California]
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05008/439043.stm

Heavy snow could benefit drought areas of the West [US]
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2364.htm

Drought’s growing reach: Global warming as key factor
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/509166/

Drought expected to persist in parts of West
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/climate/2004-12-22-west-drought_x.htm

Is the drought over? [Texas]
http://www.oaoa.com/news/nw011205a.htm

Lake Mead gets lift from recent storms
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2803041

Weather defies ‘normal’: Region’s drought holds tight [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/18/build/local/25-drought-holds.inc

Storms put big hurt on Sierra drought [Nevada]
http://www.recordcourier.com/article/20050114/News/101140014/0/FRONTPAGE

Heavy snows raising hopes of ending drought [Colorado]
http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=2833928

Drat! Nice weather again? [Colorado]
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~417~2662589,00.html

Early 2005 storms fail to end drought effects [Wyoming]
http://www.greenriverstar.com/articles/2005/01/20/news/news3.txt

Missouri runoff 66 percent of normal in ‘04 [Missouri River]
http://www.yankton.net/stories/012105/news_20050121009.shtml

Written in the rings
http://www.headwatersnews.org/hcn.trees012505.html

Drought looms as area snowpack falls below normal [Oregon]
http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=15479

Rainy clouds of January have sterling-silver lining [Arizona]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/azstar/20050127/lo_azstar/rainycloudsofjanuaryhavesterlingsilverlining

Warm weather could be disaster [Wyoming]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/27/build/wyoming/50-warm-weather.inc

Drought conditions continue in Upper Rio Grande [Texas]
http://www.dmtimes.net/blog/News/_archives/2005/1/27/285105.html

Study predicts drought in Great Plains in next few decades
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/10758043.htm

Official says current drought not as severe [Wyoming]
http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/wyoming/bc7a01dc4b61d36c87256f9900268620.txt

Easing of fire season expected [Arizona]
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2882015

Low snowpack approaching record of 1977, federal official says [Montana]
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/01/31/mtracker/news/89snowpack.txt