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Governor’s Drought Interagency Coordinating Group
Charles EsterSRP Water Resource OperationsMay 10, 2012
WY2012: Oct 1– May 5: 7.72”
( 69% of normal)
Verde 8.1”
Salt 7.3”
2009
2008
2010
FEB-MAR-APR (2.13”): 18th driest
2011
APR 12: 0.51”
(normal=0.8”)
FEB 12: 0.43”
(normal=1.9”)
FEB: 14th driest
MAR 12: 1.19”
(normal=1.9”)
APR: 45th driest in 113 years
DEC-MAR 2011-12: 4.75”, 30th driest in 112 winters
MAR: 47th driest
normal
4
SRP Reservoir System StatusDate: May 7, 2012
Verde River132 cfs
Salt River/Tonto Creek256 cfs
1,416,511 AF
1,025 cfs105 cfs
Arizona Canal662 cfs
South Canal559 cfs
Salt River0 cfs
85,122 AFCAP
0 cfs
70%
30%
6
Roosevelt StorageST
ORA
GE
(AF
X 10
00)
5/11 PlanActualSRP
2011 2012
7
Verde System StorageST
ORA
GE
(AF
X 10
00)
2011 2012
5/11 Plan Actual
8
9
TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION
BELOW BELOW
ABOVE
National Weather Service OUTLOOK For MAY-JUN-JUL 2012, issued 19 April 2012
Watershed Thresholds: WET > 3.5”, DRY < 2.5”
Source: NOAA/NWS/NCEP/ Climate Prediction Center
Probability of: WET 33%, normal 33%, DRY 33% 10
Sea Surface Temperature AnomaliesAPRIL 2012
Cool Warm
AZ
neutral
COOL
-0.3 C/-0.6 F
WARM
COOL
El Niño/La Niña area
WARM
WARM
12
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) FORECAST
issued by:NWS Climate Prediction Center, and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society
wintermonsoon
13
Hannagan Meadow
Maverick Fork
Promontory
Winter of 2012/2013?
What Dreams Are Made Of!