DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND AND WORSEN ACROSS IOWA WHEN THE NEW MAP IS RELEASED THURSDAY FROM THE U-S DROUGHT MONITOR.
THE CONTINUED HOT, DRY WEATHER IS BEING REFLECTED IN RUNOFF PREDICTIONS FOR THE MISSOURI RIVER.
KEVIN GRODE, WITH THE U-S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IN OMAHA, SAYS LOWER-THAN-NORMAL RUNOFF HAS PERSISTED SINCE LAST YEAR.
GRODE4 OC……..”RUNOFF SEASON” :17
GRODE SAYS THE CORPS’ OVERALL RUNOFF PREDICTION WILL END UP WELL BELOW NORMAL.
GRODE5 OC………”PERCENT OF AVERAGE” :16
HE SAYS. GRODE SAYS THEY DON’T EXPECT MUCH CHANGE UNTIL PERHAPS NEXT YEAR:
GRODE6 OC……… “CALENDAR YEAR” :12
THE CORPS IS SENDING LETTERS TO WATER USERS ALL ALONG THE RIVER, WARNING THEM OF POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH LOW WATER ACCESS.
