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原文传递 Despite Slight Improvement, Forecast Still Calls For Low Runoff In Missouri Basin

题名：	Despite Slight Improvement, Forecast Still Calls For Low Runoff In Missouri Basin
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	The latest runoff forecast from the Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, released June 8, shows slight improvement, but 2022 is still shaping up to be much drier than normal. The updated basin runoff forecast for this year is 18.3 million acre-feet (maf.), which is just 71 percent of average. The forecast is 0.5 maf. higher than the forecast a month ago, but, if realized, that runoff amount would rank as the 25th lowest calendar year runoff since 1898, the Corps said. "A wet April and May in North Dakota resulted in wetter soils in the state, but dry soils remain in the rest of the basin," said John Remus, chief of the division. "Drought conditions persist but have improved over the last month. Over 20 percent of the basin is drought-free, and only 8 percent of the basin is left in extreme drought conditions, mostly in the state of Montana."
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	11
页码：	3,8