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原文传递 Drier-Than-Normal Year Forecast In Missouri Basin

题名：	Drier-Than-Normal Year Forecast In Missouri Basin
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	The Corps of Engineers' forecast continues to call for below-average runoff in the Missouri River basin. "The runoff in February was less than predicted, and we expect the lower-than-average runoff to continue in the coming months," said John Remus, chief of the Corps' Missouri River Basin Water Management Division. "The snow accumulation in both the plains and the mountains continues to be below average, and the soil moisture remains very low compared to normal," Remus said. "This resulted in us lowering our anticipated runoff for the 2022 water year." The 2022 calendar year runoff forecast above Sioux City, Iowa, has dropped from 21.7 million acre feet (maf.) last month to 20.4 maf. on March 1, a reduction of 1.3 maf. If realized, this forecast would be 79 percent of normal. Runoff forecasts incorporate several factors including end-of-February soil moisture conditions, plains snowpack, mountain snowpack and long-term precipitation and temperature outlooks. Based on these factors, runoff is expected to be well below normal for all reaches except from Gavins Point Dam to Sioux City.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	135
期：	49
页码：	42-42