Texas continues to remain mostly in drought with 93 percent of the state at least abnormally dry. There’s a 50 percent chance of La Niña transitioning to neutral conditions by April–June. There may be patchy fog on Christmas Eve at the North Pole.
Author: Robert Mace
Robert Mace is the Executive Director and Chief Water Policy Officer at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and a Professor of Practice in the Department of Geography at Texas State University. Robert has over 30 years of experience in hydrology, hydrogeology, stakeholder processes, and water policy, mostly in Texas.
outlook+water: A Hurricane Season for the Record Books, 98 Percent of Texas Abnormally Dry and Drought Projected Through Spring
Summary: The 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season has a record 30 named storms (so far…), beating the 2005 season’s 27 named storms. Texas continues to remain mostly in drought with 98 percent of the state at least abnormally dry. Seasonal indicators suggest continued drought through the spring.
outlook+water: A Horribly Dry October, Predicted Drought for Nearly All of Texas and Some (Promised) Relief from Mexico
The past four weeks have been horribly dry with most of the state receiving less than 10 percent of normal rainfall. Large areas of exceptional drought are now in place on the High Plains and in the Big Bend area. Drought conditions are projected to persist and spread across Texas.
outlook+water: The Atlantic Vincent van Gogh’d, Drought Relief and La Niña
The tropical storm season continues to break records, including making the Atlantic look like Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” Speaking of tropical storms, recent rainfall has pulled much of the eastern half of the state out of drought conditions. La Niña conditions are now officially entrenched in the Pacific, leading to projections of warmer and drier conditions in the state over the next three months.
think+water: Dam Failures, Lemon Water and Naturalized Flows
This month we explore academic publications on the topics of dams and dam failures in Texas, the power of using lemons for water disinfection and the relationship between naturalized flows and observed flows.