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United States: Widespread water deficits in the West & Texas

United States: Widespread water deficits in the West & Texas

The forecast through June indicates widespread water deficits in the West, Southwest, and Texas with exceptional deficits, particularly in Texas and New Mexico. Deficits are also forecast in Virginia and the Carolinas, and surpluses from the Dakotas into Minnesota.

United States: Widespread water surplus to persist in SD, NE, KS, OK

United States: Widespread water surplus to persist in SD, NE, KS, OK

Widespread water surpluses observed in prior months will shrink through November. However, a broad column of surplus is forecast from southern North Dakota reaching into north-central Texas with intense anomalies in South Dakota. Other areas of surplus include eastern Nevada into western Utah, Wyoming, and California from San Francisco through the southwest. A pocket of exceptional deficit is expected in the central Everglades.

United States: Intense water surplus forecast from S. Dakota into Texas

United States: Intense water surplus forecast from S. Dakota into Texas

Through September, water surpluses along the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and states on the western bank of the river will moderate, but significant surpluses are forecast in a column from South Dakota through central and eastern Texas and will include extreme to exceptional anomalies in many areas, particularly South Dakota. Areas of deficit include the Pacific Northwest, northwestern Minnesota, the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and along the Atlantic coast in North Carolina.

United States: Exceptional water surpluses forecast for S. Dakota

United States: Exceptional water surpluses forecast for S. Dakota

The forecast through August 2019 indicates persistent water surpluses in a wide path through the center of the country in the Mississippi River Basin and well into the Missouri, Arkansas, and Red River Basins, including exceptional anomalies in South Dakota. Surpluses of varying intensity are expected in the Rockies, central Arizona, California, Oregon, and in the Northeast. Deficits are forecast for pockets of Washington, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and southeastern states.