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About Drought Status Updates: NIDIS and partners issue drought status updates to communicate a potential area of concern for drought expansion and/or development, based on recent conditions and the upcoming forecast.
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Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
March 18, 2021

Snow drought conditions remain over much of the Southwest U.S., Sierra Nevada, and Rocky Mountains.

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Drought Update for the Intermountain West
February 25, 2021

Below-average snowpack and a dry forecast: Potential drought impacts through spring in the Intermountain West.

 

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Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
February 11, 2021

Recent storms bring some snow drought relief, but below-normal snowpack remains. 

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Snow Drought Current Conditions and Impacts in the West
January 14, 2021

Western snow drought remains as storms continue to track to the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies.

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Drought Update for the Intermountain West
January 8, 2021

Dry Conditions Forecasted to Persist: Potential Impacts in the Intermountain West.