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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><a href="http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/06/16/water-supply-a-concern-this-summer-in-california/">http://www.capradio.org/articles/2016/06/16/water-supply-a-concern-this-summer-in-california/</a><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:11.25pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>The U.S. Drought Monitor says a lack of rain in May and in early June has caused the expansion of abnormally dry conditions in northwest California.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>Remember that white area on the <a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA"><span style='color:#B22217;text-decoration:none'>California state graphic</span></a> showing "no drought" along the northwest coast and slightly east on the border with Oregon? It’s gone now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'><img border=0 width=800 height=600 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D1C88E.AFF6E6C0" alt="061616 DROMON-CALIF"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>"For the first 11 days of June, precipitation values across northwest California are 5 – 20 percent of average," the report notes. "D0 [Abnormally Dry] was expanded to cover all of northwest California to reflect these conditions."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>There were no changes to drought conditions in central and southern California in the past week as moderate drought covers 83 percent of the state, with 59 percent in severe and 42 percent in extreme drought. This year marks the 5th consecutive year of drought in California.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>In the Reno area, "impressive rainfall totals from the previous weekend allowed for further contraction of D3 [extreme drought] along the crest of the White Mountains."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'><img border=0 width=800 height=600 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D1C88E.AFF6E6C0" alt="061616 DROMON-U.S."><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>In the past week, "precipitation deficits approached one-half inch or less than 5 percent of normal," in California and other parts of the western U.S. But "above normal precipitation fell in central and southern Nevada and into north and south central Arizona."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:3.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.6pt;background:#F1F0EF'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir W01";color:#494A4A'>"Temperatures in the region were generally 3-6 degrees F above normal except for a few small areas along the California coast that were around 3 degrees F below normal," according to the <a href="http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home.aspx"><span style='color:#B22217;text-decoration:none'>weekly update</span></a>. "In northern California the canals are full, and water is in good supply at the moment. However, with the rapid snow melt this year, water supply may be a concern later this summer."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>