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United States: Regionally Significant Water Anomalies Forecast in Coming Months

The continental United States is forecast to experience regionally significant water anomalies through February 2016, both deficits and surpluses:

  • Exceptional drought is forecast to persist in northern California through the Pacific Northwest; 
  • Southern California is forecast to have characteristics of both water deficits and surpluses; 
  • Exceptional water surpluses are forecast for portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, and Louisiana; and,
  • Severe to extreme deficits are forecast for portions of the Northeast.