WINNEMUCCA - The water outlook for the Humboldt, Pershing and Lander county areas is being classified as abnormally dry right now by the Drought Monitor, according to Gary Barbato with the National Weather Service out of Reno.
"It's been really super dry," he said. "Compared to Texas we are fine. We are getting our wet season and we haven't had our wet yet so it's abnormally dry. We had a pretty good year last year so the ground is still relatively wet. Right now we are starting off below average but we are not giving up hope yet at this point. There are still months of wet coming up."
As of Dec. 27, 2011, the water content in the snowpack for the Upper Humboldt Basin was at 28 percent of average, down from 169 percent the same date in December 2010. The Lower Humboldt was at 22 percent of average, down from 167 percent of the previous year, said Barbato.
As of Dec. 27, 2011, (for Oct. 1, 2011, through Dec. 27, 2011), the melted precipitation for the Upper Humboldt Basin was 65 percent and for the Lower Humboldt Basin, the melted precipitation was at 49 percent.
On Dec. 27, 2010, the melted precipitation for the Upper Humboldt Basin was 192 percent and it was 175 percent for the Lower Humboldt Basin.
As of Nov. 30, Rye Patch was at 63 percent of capacity and 139 percent of average storage, said Barbato.
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