Natchitoches Weather Summary For December 2010 (Driest December on Record)

Natchitoches, La. Weather Summary For December 2010


December 2010 Natchitoches, La
Weather Summary


Natchitoches Driest December 2010 On Record according to the National Weather Service office in Shreveport, Louisiana....

Driest December On Record At Natchitoches, La.
Natchitoches, LA 2010 Driest December On Record

DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
705 AM CST SAT DEC 18 2010

...A RECORD DRY DECEMBER THUS FAR HAS RESULTED IN EXPANDING AND WORSENING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF THE FOUR STATE REGION...
SYNOPSIS...

AFTER WIDESPREAD TWO TO IN EXCESS OF FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS
MUCH OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA, SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS, EAST TEXAS AND
NORTH LOUISIANA DURING NOVEMBER, RAINFALL HAS BEEN VERY SCARCE
AREAWIDE DURING DECEMBER WITH ONLY SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS TO UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH RECORDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. THE EXCEPTION
WAS ACROSS DEEP EAST TEXAS AND NORTHCENTRAL LOUISIANA WHICH HAS
SEEN A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH THIS MONTH.
EXTREME (D3) AND SEVERE (D2) DROUGHT CONDITIONS REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS ALL
OF NORTH LOUISIANA, MUCH OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS AND EAST TEXAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20, ALTHOUGH MODERATE (D1) DROUGHT
CONDITIONS HAVE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST TEXAS
AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA.

CITY:           MARCH - DECEMBER      DEPARTURE      PERCENTAGE
               (THROUGH 12/17/10)    FROM NORMAL      OF NORMAL
NATCHITOCHES LA       20.21             -18.48            52%

DECEMBER HAS PROVEN TO BE QUITE DRY ACROSS ALL OF THE FOUR STATE
REGION...WHICH IS TYPICAL DURING STRONG LA NINA EPISODES. ONLY 1-2
RAIN DAYS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED THUS FAR THIS MONTH...WITH MONTHLY
RAINFALL DEFICITS OF TWO TO EXCESS OF THREE INCHES AREAWIDE. THIS
HAS RESULTED IN RAPIDLY DRYING TOPSOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS...WITH
LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER
OF THE MONTH. MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS,EAST TEXAS,
AND NORTH LOUISIANA CURRENTLY RANK WITHIN THE TOP 2 DRIEST DECEMBERS
ON RECORD (THROUGH 12/17) AND HISTORY WILL REMEMBER DECEMBER 2010
AS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE DRIEST, IF NOT THE DRIEST, DECEMBER ON
RECORD SHOULD ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL FAIL TO MATERIALIZE.

CITY:           DECEMBER           DEPARTURE      PERCENTAGE OF     DRIEST
           TOTAL PRECIPITATION    FROM NORMAL        NORMAL        DECEMBER
             (THROUGH 12/17)                                         RANK

NATCHITOCHES LA     0.08              -3.06              3%            1ST
NOTE: DECEMBER RAINFALL RECORDS SINCE 1922.

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