3/20/2023 | AK-MS-12 | AK | Matanuska-Susitna |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
| Another dry week saw just a few flakes of snow one day; otherwise skies were generally partly cloudy and temps were warm. More open water is becoming visible in the local streams, rivers and lakes. Moose continue to be visible around the immediate area and the wild birds continue to mob my poor little window feeder. The warmth of the sunlight increases on a daily basis. The vernal equinox occurs this afternoon at 13:24 which is in keeping with the thus far warm spring. Everyone I talk to is more than ready for spring which I find somewhat puzzling as we really did not have a 'hard' winter... |
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3/20/2023 | CO-CR-18 | CO | Crowley |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife
| Big fire far west this morning. Heavy morning air spreads feedlot dust and marijuana grow smell out 4-5 miles. Rabbit brush and a very few forbs and grasses starting to turn green. |
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3/20/2023 | CO-DL-54 | CO | Delta |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| 1.3" SWE in the snow-on-ground this morning. This is down significantly from the 3.9" SWE last Monday. Over the weekend, there were areas on the ground with no snow. Cold-season grasses emerged already green. Deer clustered in these areas to savor the fresh greens. |
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3/20/2023 | CO-EG-51 | CO | Eagle |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
| Lots of melting, but still plenty of snow on the ground. More snow/rain in the forecast. Downhill skiing is still good. Too muddy for biking. |
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3/20/2023 | CO-GR-52 | CO | Grand |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| About 90-95 percent of this area is still snow covered. Areas such as hilltops and ridges are snow-free. Places where the snow is in drifts are still deep and are melting or settling at a slower rate. |
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3/20/2023 | CT-NL-19 | CT | New London |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
| The 1.67" rain 3/14, .23" 3/15, and .04" 3/18, we've been dry. The major NEaster missed us. Flowers are beginning to bloom, birds and animals are active and increasing, as are tourists. |
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3/20/2023 | FL-LK-5 | FL | Lake |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife
| Anemic RF is having no effect on the current dry spell. Otherwise, no changes since the last report on 03/14. Irrigation is needed. Fire sensitivity conts to be mod-high. |
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3/20/2023 | FL-PN-99 | FL | Pinellas |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness Business & Industry Tourism & Recreation
| This past week has brought us rainfall totaling only 0.12”, bringing our monthly rainfall for March totaling 0.36”,—we are still very dry. The west central Florida area is loaded with tourists and spring breakers who love the Gulf Beaches and the lack of rain and the plentiful sunshine. |
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3/20/2023 | GA-FL-23 | GA | Floyd |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| some areas of mud. |
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3/20/2023 | IL-JD-8 | IL | Jo Daviess |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture
| Ground is frozen at the surface only 1/2" thick from overnight temperatures falling below freezing the past week. It is not frozen once temperatures and sunshine thaw the ground out during the day light hours. |
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3/20/2023 | IL-LE-23 | IL | Lee |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| With recent precipitation conditions are near normal for this time of year. |
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3/20/2023 | IL-WF-14 | IL | Woodford |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| Recent rains have definitely saturated soils but there is no ponding in the fields, creeks are high but well within their banks and the river is running fast but not very high. Grass is starting to green and tree buds are swelling nicely. In the prairie, new growth in very evident in recently burned area and just saw first leaves on the honeysuckle in the timber. |
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3/20/2023 | IN-AL-106 | IN | Allen |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness
| Soils are squishy. Low-lying areas in fields are flooded. Rivers are running higher than they have been in recent months. |
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3/20/2023 | IA-BT-11 | IA | Benton |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Another cold blast came through IA this past week with high winds making it feel even colder along with rain, ice and a bit of snow. The rivers and ponds are near or slightly above normal in depth. The robins were busy hopping around in front yards until the cold settled in over the weekend. Not sure where they might have huddled down. |
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3/20/2023 | KY-CB-10 | KY | Campbell |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Pond level near normal. Soil moisture near normal for this time of year. Precipitation near normal,for March so far. |
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3/20/2023 | ME-SM-3 | ME | Somerset |
Near Normal
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General Awareness
| Snowpack: 5.0" (1.83" SWE) of granular snow with underlaying (1/2") ice layer. 4.6" weekly snow with 0.53" gauge catch. |
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3/20/2023 | MD-BL-25 | MD | Baltimore |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| It's starting to dry a good bit it's been some time since the last rain. At 26 degrees the plants aren't doing much. |
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3/20/2023 | MA-ES-12 | MA | Essex |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| Ground is wet from all the snow melt and heavy rains this month. Just some snow piles left. Some trees and bushes are starting to show signs of life with buds beginning to open. Squirrels and birds continue to be busy at the feeders. Local brook is back in its banks but is running full. |
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3/20/2023 | MA-MD-51 | MA | Middlesex |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| With the storm last week, the ponds are now overflowing, but not by a lot. It looks like a typical wet-ish spring now. Trees continue to bud out. Crocuses are blooming. |
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3/20/2023 | MA-NF-1 | MA | Norfolk |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
| Conditions have stayed about the same over the past week. Our wet weather pattern continued with frequent rainfall and some snow. Top layer of soil is unfrozen and somewhat moist. Many fields are wet and muddy. Levels on ponds and lakes are somewhat high for this time of year. |
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3/20/2023 | MA-WR-44 | MA | Worcester |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Water Supply & Quality
| Still about a foot of snow everywhere from the last storm, sometimes piles from plows are 4'. Farmers waiting for snow to melt and fields to dry. |
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3/20/2023 | MI-HL-13 | MI | Hillsdale |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| The standing water on our property has finally soaked in or evaporated. The marshy areas are still very full of water. The soil is still saturated. Ditches continue to be full. Most of the old and new snow has melted, but there are still patches of snow, especially in the shady areas. |
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3/20/2023 | MI-KZ-31 | MI | Kalamazoo |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Patches of snow in a few areas. Lakes and rivers are full. No flooding that I have seen. Animals and birds are active. Warmer this week. 50’s are predicted with rain Wednesday and Thursday. |
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3/20/2023 | MI-WY-33 | MI | Wayne |
Moderately Dry
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General Awareness
| subsoil is still very dry |
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3/20/2023 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife
| We have a lot of snow in this area but due to our windy conditions it's difficult to measure. The snow in my back yard is about 3 ft deep everywhere except where drifting has it piled 4 to 5 ft. Driving around town it is difficult to see what's coming due to piled high snow, there is no place to put it anymore. All farmland has been completely covered making it difficult for wildlife to survive, people have been putting corn on the edges of roads for the Pheasants. There has been some recent thawing to be able to see a few bare spots in the fields. There will be flooding if we should get rapid snow melt. |
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3/20/2023 | NM-SR-46 | NM | Sierra |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| .81" inches of rain/snow in the past week, almost all falling over a 12-hour span at the end of the week and soaking in. Soil is still quite moist at the surface and for a few inches down, there's new snow on the Black Range, and creeks are running briskly. Winter birds are still here in high numbers, Turkey Vultures are back from farther south. |
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3/20/2023 | NY-DT-24 | NY | Dutchess |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Agriculture Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation
| Near Normal – 2.28 inches precipitation this week.
Soil is not frozen resulting in muddy conditions from excessive moisture this season. Fire retention pond is ¾ up on pipe with ice still in evidence. Some daffodils popping through. Lilacs are budding.
NYC Reservoirs near normal at 93.1% of capacity. Consumption at seasonal levels.
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3/20/2023 | NY-SF-92 | NY | Suffolk |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| One heavy rain day this past week and 2 days/episodes of light drizzle. Muddy ground, cool weather, some very windy days. We had a mild winter but March has been not as mild as some other months earlier this winter. March always has surprises! Forsythia starting to bloom as are daffodils and crocus. Fat buds on many trees. Mourning doves, grackles and sparrows at the bird feeders. Cardinals, too. |
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3/20/2023 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Center of yard appears normal for this time of year. Water continues to drain through the yard and the sump pump is activating. Spring birds continue to arrive (Red Wing Black Birds and Robins) A Turkey Vulture was seen soaring in the wind currents yesterday (late afternoon). Turkeys could be heard one early morning as well. |
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3/20/2023 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| Cloudy to mostly cloudy and cold with gusty winds, and continuous light snow, clearing off after 6pm. The high temperature was around twenty eight degrees, and the low around twenty three degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating more. Intermittent streams are at winter levels. More Robins are appearing. |
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3/20/2023 | NC-HR-51 | NC | Harnett |
Mildly Dry
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| Less than 2" of ppt this month with only 11 days remaining. |
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3/20/2023 | NC-MS-19 | NC | Madison |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire Plants & Wildlife Water Supply & Quality
| We've had only 0.11 inches of rain during the past week with a few snow flurries. Our pastures, hay fields, and Christmas Tree fields and transplant b eds remain wet. Water levels in creeks and springs is still high but the risk of fire is also higher due to some windy and sunny days. |
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3/20/2023 | OH-LS-23 | OH | Lucas |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Agriculture
| creeks running high, soils are fully saturated |
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3/20/2023 | OK-MY-10 | OK | Mayes |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| With another 3/4" of rain last week, the neighborhood pond continues to trickle over the dam. The ground is soft and wet. We continue to be moderately wet. |
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3/20/2023 | OR-JS-21 | OR | Josephine |
Moderately Wet
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General Awareness
| Damp, Cold, some snow still around |
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3/20/2023 | PA-WT-18 | PA | Westmoreland |
Mildly Dry
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General Awareness
| we'll probably not make normal by the end of winter, today technically is the end of winter so... |
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3/20/2023 | SD-FR-30 | SD | Fall River |
Mildly Wet
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General Awareness Fire
| Due to several recent snow falls there is moisture in the soil. Always concerned about wildfires and health of trees and plants on my property and surrounding area. |
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3/20/2023 | TX-BND-75 | TX | Bandera |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness Agriculture Energy Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
| The past week has seen the return of lower temperatures and some RAIN. We are still running around 50% of normal average. MTD rain is 0.73", YTD is 2.19". I have noticed that the eating habits of the deer are changing. My guess is some forage has returned. |
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3/20/2023 | TX-CMR-85 | TX | Cameron |
Moderately Dry
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| watering 3 x week |
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3/20/2023 | TX-GS-84 | TX | Gillespie |
Severely Dry
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General Awareness
| Soil is very dry. Grass is dead where humans have not watered it. Last week was another week of very little rainfall. |
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3/20/2023 | WY-HS-18 | WY | Hot Springs |
Mildly Wet
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Agriculture
| We have had about 150% of normal snow this year so far. About 50% of the ground still has snow cover. Where melted the mud depth is up to 4 inches deep and then I hit ice. We had 16 inches of snow cover last week and it melted during the week. There was some sheeting of the runoff and some minor flooding, but most seemed to go in the ground or evaporate. All of the reservoirs I can get have water, which is different than the last 3 years when none had water. I think our soil moisture in fairly good in our pastures. |
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3/20/2023 | WY-JN-33 | WY | Johnson |
Near Normal
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General Awareness Plants & Wildlife
| the ground seems to be soaking up the melting snow quickly; went for a walk in the field and the ground is almost dry. the long dirt driveway is almost dry except for the pond in the middle where it dips. makes for several trips to the carwash from the mud thrown up. seeing lots of antelope and a few muleys now. the December icebergs remain, though somewhat diminished. |
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3/20/2023 | CAN-ON-771 | CAN | Ontario |
Mildly Dry
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Fire Plants & Wildlife Tourism & Recreation Water Supply & Quality
| Little change over the week to the snowpack which is at about 16.5” (42cm). Despite the vernal equinox arriving tomorrow, it feels very much like winter still, with cold overnight temperatures (-20°C this morning). Snowfall in January and February were well below the climate average, but March snowfall will be close to the norm. Snowmachines continue to be active on the lake. Bush hiking trails are well packed and easily navigated, as are frozen creeks and bogs. There has been little change to the snowpack in the bush. A pair of migrating trumpeter swans have been seen in the area. The gulls have not yet returned. |
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