End InSight April 2003

Date issued

04-01-2003

As temperatures across the Southwest begin to heat up, the news on the drought front is both good and bad. On the one hand, short-term drought conditions have eased across much of the Southwest, and conditions are considerably less dry than this time last year. On the other hand, even the plentiful late-season snow that has fallen across some areas of the Southwest did not bring snowpack levels up to average; fire danger is increasing along with the temperatures; and rangeland conditions over much of the region have not yet improved. As we enter the historically dry early summer period, it may seem a long wait to find out if the summer monsoons will bring bountiful rains.

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Published by the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), with support from University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, the Arizona State Climate Office, and the New Mexico State Climate office.

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