Colorado Water
Good news? "Unusually warm temperatures this summer could be a sign that the drought is ready to ease, meteorologist John Henz told officials at a joint meeting of the state's drought and flood task forces Tuesday...warm temperatures predicted in the eastern Pacific over the next two months could mean that an El Niño is on the way. An El Niño is an atmospheric disruption created by warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures in the Pacific that deliver moisture to the United States. A multiyear El Niño would produce the turnaround in the weather that many parched Western states are hoping for, he said. Prolonged El Niños come every seven to 15 years. The 1990s, which blessed Colorado with ample snow and rain, had two consecutive El Niños lasting from 1991 through 1998, Henz said." [Denver Post, June 16, 2004, "Expert: Drought may let up"].
Here's the coverage from the Rocky Mountain News [June 16, 2004, "Drought's grip may ease, official says"].
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