008 AXUS76 KHNX 182345 DGTHNX CAC019-029-031-039-043-047-107-202345- DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA 345 PM PST TUE NOV 18 2008 ...DRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR... SYNOPSIS...ON JUNE 4TH...CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER PROCLAIMED A STATEWIDE DROUGHT. ON JUNE 12TH...A STATE OF EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION DUE TO DROUGHT WAS MADE FOR MERCED...MADERA...KINGS... FRESNO...TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES. THE U.S DROUGHT MONITOR IS INDICATING A SEVERE DROUGHT /CLASSIFICATION D2/ FOR KERN...KINGS AND MERCED COUNTIES...THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY AND SIERRA FOOTHILL PORTIONS OF FRESNO...MADERA...MARIPOSA AND TULARE COUNTIES...AND THE TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF MOUNT WHITNEY. SUMMARY OF IMPACTS...AGENCIES ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. KERN COUNTY IS UNDER A WATER EMERGENCY. FRESNO AND KINGS COUNTIES ARE UNDER LOCAL DECLARATIONS OF DROUGHT. THE CITY OF DELANO HAS EXTENDED ITS WATER RESTRICTION ORDINANCE INDEFINITELY. IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY...THE LACK OF WATER HAS LED TO THE ABANDONMENT OF CROPS OR THE FALLOWING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND. THIS HAD LED TO SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC LOSSES IN THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES WITH BELOW NORMAL CROP YIELDS...LOST JOBS AND WAGES. CLIMATE SUMMARY...RAINFALL IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CONTINUES TO BE BELOW NORMAL SO FAR THIS RAIN SEASON. FRESNO HAS HAD 0.86 INCH OF RAIN SINCE JULY 1ST...COMPARED TO A NORMAL OF 1.51 INCH THROUGH NOVEMBER 18TH. BAKERSFIELD HAS HAD 0.43 INCH OF RAIN SINCE JULY 1ST...COMPARED TO A NORMAL VALUE OF 0.86 INCH THROUGH NOVEMBER 18TH. PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE OUTLOOK...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE COMING WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE CLIMATE PREDICTION OUTLOOK FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS IS INDICATING EQUAL CHANCES OF BELOW...NEAR AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA INTERIOR WITH A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. HYDROLOGIC SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK...FOLLOWING A VERY DRY 2006-2007 SEASON...THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER RUNOFF VOLUME WAS RANKED AS CRITICALLY DRY. THE 2007-2008 FORECAST RUNOFF VOLUMES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN CRITICALLY DRY THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER. DETAILED RESERVOIR INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE: HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/RESERVOIR.HTML NEXT ISSUANCE DATE...THE NEXT SCHEDULED PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED BY DECEMBER 20TH...OR SOONER IF NECESSARY IN RESPONSE TO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN CONDITIONS. && RELATED WEBSITES... CALIFORNIA DATA EXCHANGE CENTER: HTTP://CDEC.WATER.CA.GOV/ CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER: HTTP://WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV/ DROUGHT MONITOR: HTTP://DROUGHT.UNL.EDU/DM/MONITOR.HTML CALIFORNIA DROUGHT PAGE: HTTP://WATERSUPPLYCONDITIONS.WATER.CA.GOV/ CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER: HTTP://WWW.CPC.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.PHP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HANFORD: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS... CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER DROUGHT MONITOR CALIFORNIA NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES CALIFORNIA STATE CLIMATOLOGIST U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION CAL FIRE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS...PLEASE REFER ALL QUESTIONS TO W-HNX.WEBMASTER@NOAA.GOV $$ SANGER WEATHER.GOV/HANFORD