Summary: La Niña is no more! Neutral (La Nada) conditions are expected to hold through summer with a 60% chance of El Niño this fall, drought conditions have grown to encompass 64% of the state, with extreme or worse drought conditions intensifying to include 14% of the state, and statewide reservoir storage remained about the same at 75% full.
Category: outlook+water
outlook+water: Drought up, reservoir storage up, and La Niña (going) down
Summary: Drought conditions have grown to encompass 58% of the state, with extreme or worse drought conditions intensifying to include 10% of the state, statewide reservoir storage increased by 1.2 million acre-feet to 75% full, and La Niña is expected to transition to neutral conditions over the next couple of months (with a possible El Niño in the fall).
outlook+water: 2022 was pretty drouthy, hot and dry is the new black, La Niña’s days are (still) numbered
Summary: 2022 was the 11th warmest, 13th driest, and 10th drouthiest on record for Texas, the next three months are expected to be warmer and drier than normal, and La Niña is still expected to transition to neutral conditions between February and April, with an 82% chance of neutral conditions existing for the March to May season.
outlook+water: Drought continues to improve, La Niña’s days are numbered, reservoirs levels rising
Summary: 75% of the state is abnormally dry or worse, and 52% of the state is in drought, equal chances for La Niña or neutral conditions for the January-March season and a 71% chance of neutral conditions for the February-April season, and reservoir storage is still 10% below normal, but it’s been creeping up.
outlook+water: Drought improves but remains, La Niña still expected thru February, reservoirs levels up slightly
Summary: 87% of the state is abnormally dry or worse, and 63% of the state is in drought, 76% chance of La Niña conditions remaining December–February with a 57% chance of neutral conditions arriving in February–April, and warmer and drier than normal conditions are projected for most of Texas for December-January-February.