Weather for Finn Rock, Oregon
Lat: 44.13N, Lon: 122.38W
Wx Zone: ORZ013
CWA Used: PQR
Oregon Drought MonitorThe Oregon Drought monitor is a subset of the United States Monitor, issued every Thursday morning, based on drought conditions the previous Tuesday. The map below shows the current drought level around the state, and the percent of Oregon land area in each drought level compared to the previous week. Read an explanation of the drought intensities and what they mean. |
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Oregon Hydrologic Information StatementNote that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential. 000 FGUS76 KPQR 110028 ESFPQR WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 525 PM PST FRI MAY 10 2013 ...OREGON WATER SUPPLY OUTLOOK AND SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL AS OF MAY 10 2013... THE OREGON WATER SUPPLY FOR THE COMING SPRING AND SUMMER IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR-NORMAL FOR NORTHWEST OREGON AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OREGON...AND BELOW-NORMAL FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST BASINS. WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS ARE BASED ON SNOWPACK CONDITIONS AND OBSERVED PRECIPITATION THUS FAR THIS WINTER AND SPRING. BELOW-NORMAL PRECIPITATION JANUARY THROUGH APRIL HAS PUSHED SEVERAL OREGON BASINS TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MONITOR INDICATES MODERATE DROUGHT /D1/ CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF SOUTH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OREGON...AND ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS /D0/ FOR MOST OF THE REST OF THE STATE. SPRING SNOWMELT FLOODING IN OREGON IS UNLIKELY DUE TO A SNOWPACK THAT WAS GENERALLY BELOW-NORMAL AND MUCH OF WHICH HAS ALREADY MELTED. NOTE THAT SPRINGTIME /MAY-JUNE/ FLOODING IS TYPICALLY LIMITED TO BASINS EAST OF THE CASCADES AND IS USUALLY CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT. REFER TO THE SECTIONS BELOW AND THE LINKS PROVIDED FOR DETAILS REGARDING SNOWPACK...PRECIPITATION...RESERVOIR CONDITIONS AND WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS FOR INDIVIDUAL BASINS. NOAA'S OUTLOOK FOR MAY-JULY CALLS FOR A CONTINUED ENHANCED POSSIBILITY OF BELOW-NORMAL PRECIPITATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SEASONAL OUTLOOKS...VISIT THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER WEB PAGE AT WWW.CPC.NCEP.NOAA.GOV. THE NEXT UPDATE OF THIS OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY JUNE 11TH. ============================================================ SNOWPACK ACROSS OREGON SNOWPACK AS OF EARLY MAY WAS GENERALLY BELOW-NORMAL ACROSS THE STATE. WINTER SNOW ACCUMULATION WAS BELOW-NORMAL IN MOST BASINS...AND SPRING SNOWMELT HAS COME EARLIER THAN USUAL. ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE...THE SNOW HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY MELTED. BASIN SNOWPACK FOR THE CASCADES AND NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS RANGE FROM 50 TO 90 PERCENT OF NORMAL. REFER TO THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR MORE DETAILS. NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - NORTHWEST RIVER FORECAST CENTER WWW.NWRFC.NOAA.GOV/SNOW/ USDA - NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WWW.WCC.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOWCOURSE/SC-SNOWPACK.HTML ============================================================ PRECIPITATION ACROSS OREGON SEASONAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE NEAR-NORMAL IN WESTERN OREGON AND BELOW-NORMAL IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN OREGON FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE 2013 WATER YEAR /OCT-APR/...RANGING FROM 70 TO 95 PERCENT. APRIL WAS THE FOURTH MONTH IN A ROW OF BELOW-NORMAL PRECIPITATION ...WITH BASIN AVERAGES RANGING FROM 40 TO 80 PERCENT OF NORMAL. FOR MANY OREGON LOCATIONS...THE 2013 JANUARY-APRIL PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE SOME OF THE LOWEST ON RECORD FOR THAT SAME 4-MONTH PERIOD. VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR MORE DETAILS ON PRECIPITATION TOTALS. NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - NORTHWEST RIVER FORECAST CENTER WWW.NWRFC.NOAA.GOV/WATER_SUPPLY/WY_SUMMARY/WY_SUMMARY.PHP USDA - NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WWW.WCC.NRCS.USDA.GOV/SNOW/SNOTEL-PRECIP-REPORT.HTML ============================================================ MAJOR IRRIGATION RESERVOIRS AT THE CLOSE OF APRIL...RESERVOIR STORAGE REPRESENTS ABOUT 83 PERCENT OF AVERAGE...AND IS ABOUT 63 PERCENT OF STORAGE CAPACITY. THE CURRENT STORAGE IS 79 PERCENT OF STORAGE FOR THIS SAME TIME LAST YEAR. RESERVOIR DATA IS PROVIDED COURTESY OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE. VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION: WWW.WCC.NRCS.USDA.GOV/WSF/WSF-RESERVOIR.HTML ============================================================ CURRENT AND FORECAST STREAMFLOW OBSERVED STREAMFLOW FOR APRIL WAS BELOW-NORMAL IN OREGON. VISIT WATERWATCH.USGS.GOV FOR MORE DETAILS ON OBSERVED STREAMFLOW. FORECAST STREAMFLOW VOLUMES FOR THE SPRING AND SUMMER ARE GENERALLY BELOW-NORMAL AND RANGE FROM 25 TO 95 PERCENT OF NORMAL...WITH THE LOWEST PERCENTAGES IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL OREGON...INCLUDING THE OWYHEE BASIN AND PORTIONS OF THE KLAMATH. THE ONLY BASINS NEAR NORMAL ARE THE WILLAMETTE AND THE UMATILLA. THE FORECAST FOR THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT THE DALLES...WHICH IS A GOOD INDEX OF CONDITIONS IN THE COLUMBIA BASIN...IS 95% OF AVERAGE FOR THE APRIL-SEPTEMBER PERIOD. VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINKS FOR MORE DETAILS ON BASIN-SCALE WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS: NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - NORTHWEST RIVER FORECAST CENTER WWW.NWRFC.NOAA.GOV/WS/ USDA - NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WWW.OR.NRCS.USDA.GOV/WSF/ BRYANT $$ |