Posted 07 May 2010 - 10:12 PM
Farther out, Major Flooding this Spring for most of the MS and OH River Valleys. Record cold this Winter in the Central US and huge losses will be seen in the crops of the Central Plains. USA will be, (for the first time) a net importer of wheat. Sugar production in the US will reach an all time low due to severe crop loss of both sugar cane and sugar beets. (Ripped from the teletype this morning) :Hydrologic Outlook
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CST FRI FEB 19 2010
...SPRING FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND
MUCH OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...
SYNOPSIS...
OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, TEMPERATURES HAVE GENERALLY RUN BELOW
NORMAL ACROSS THE WFO JACKSON HYDROLOGIC SERVICE AREA (HSA) WHILE
PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN ABOVE NORMAL. COLD TEMPERATURES AND PERIODS
OF EXCESSIVE PRECIPITATION DURING THE FALL AND WINTER HAS RESULTED
IN LONG TERM SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS BEING ABOVE NORMAL OVER ALL OF
THE HSA. OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, FROM .50 TO 1 INCH OF RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED OVER ACROSS THE ARKLAMS REGION.
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN FROM ARKANSAS CITY, AR TO NATCHEZ,
MS...
MODERATE TO MAJOR FALLS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THE LOWER OHIO AND LOWER
MISSISSIPPI RIVERS ABOVE HELENA, AR. THE RIVER FROM ARKANSAS CITY TO
NATCHEZ IS SLOWLY FALLING TODAY. THE RATE OF FALL SHOULD INCREASE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALLOWING NATCHEZ TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE.
UPSTREAM OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY, SNOW DEPTHS RANGE
FROM 12 TO 40 INCHES OVER IOWA AND MINNESOTA WHILE ILLINOIS AND
MISSOURI HAVE SNOW DEPTHS OF LESS THAN 6 INCHES. SNOW WATER
EQUIVALENTS ACROSS IOWA AND MINNESOTA RANGES FROM 2 TO 7 INCHES
WHILE LESS THAN 1 INCH OF SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTS REMAINS OVER
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. SNOW DEPTHS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY RANGES FROM
6 TO 20 INCHES WITH SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTS RANGING FROM 1 TO 3
INCHES.
SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS ARE ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE LOWER OHIO,
TENNESSEE, AND LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS. OBSERVED STREAMFLOWS ARE
CURRENTLY RUNNING NORMAL TO MUCH ABOVE NORMAL.
One might say I have another hit. Nashville residents would surely agree......
MuN
Be Prepared,
Keep your powder dry,
And always remember,
The smoker you drink, the player you get.