PROBABILITY PROJECTIONS OF THE MAY 2009 PALMER DROUGHT INDEX TO THE END OF SEP 2009 FOR SEVEN DROUGHT CATEGORIES (DRY AND WET) FOR THE CLIMATE DIVISIONS IN THE EASTERN REGION BASED ON PAST 78 YEARS OF HISTORICAL DATA CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER-NCEP-NWS-NOAA ST CD MAY EXTREME MODERATE MILD NEAR MOIST UNUSUAL VERY PDI OR DROUGHT DROUGHT NORMAL SPELL MOIST OR SEVERE (PRCT) (PRCT) OR (PRCT) SPELL EXTREME DROUGHT INCIPIENT (PRCT) MOIST (PRCT) CONDTIONS SPELL (PRCT) (PRCT) CT 1 0.61 8 23 17 31 5 10 6 CT 2 0.12 8 18 21 27 10 10 6 CT 3 -1.41 8 26 18 32 12 5 0 DE 1 -0.97 5 21 18 31 10 12 4 DE 2 -0.23 5 13 21 26 15 13 8 ME 1 0.62 17 18 23 28 5 5 4 ME 2 1.37 1 6 9 40 9 21 14 ME 3 1.07 13 24 15 14 8 6 19 MD 1 -0.32 9 14 27 29 8 10 3 MD 2 -0.01 5 19 23 24 13 9 6 MD 3 -0.55 5 26 21 32 6 6 4 MD 4 0.98 0 9 28 36 8 13 6 MD 5 -1.04 4 18 12 41 10 8 8 MD 6 0.96 1 9 17 45 13 13 3 MD 7 0.38 0 0 5 8 15 35 37 MD 8 -0.43 4 10 31 23 23 8 1 MA 1 1.55 23 24 17 19 8 3 6 MA 2 1.84 3 12 17 26 8 14 22 MA 3 1.16 0 3 5 27 10 31 24 NH 1 2.51 29 10 17 18 5 5 15 NH 2 1.90 5 14 12 17 14 15 23 NJ 1 -1.50 24 24 18 26 5 1 1 NJ 2 -1.36 97 1 0 1 0 0 0 NJ 3 -1.46 5 47 36 12 0 0 0 NY 1 -0.95 0 0 3 15 32 27 23 NY 2 0.48 31 15 15 19 4 6 9 NY 3 0.82 23 24 15 23 4 6 4 NY 4 -0.99 0 0 5 37 29 22 6 NY 5 0.62 0 12 31 32 10 15 0 NY 6 1.25 5 14 26 32 15 6 1 NY 7 1.29 1 17 22 27 6 13 14 NY 8 0.61 1 21 24 27 6 10 10 NY 9 -0.07 1 1 1 4 5 17 71 NY 10 0.83 0 1 3 4 1 9 82 NC 1 1.03 17 28 28 21 4 3 0 NC 2 1.38 12 28 33 23 3 1 0 NC 3 -0.13 5 3 17 41 14 14 6 NC 4 0.16 1 1 9 15 19 23 31 NC 5 0.07 0 4 9 18 12 31 27 NC 6 0.42 1 12 23 38 21 4 1 NC 7 -0.75 12 29 44 15 0 0 0 NC 8 -2.26 21 35 22 19 4 0 0 OH 1 2.49 0 3 3 14 12 22 47 OH 2 2.21 0 6 9 23 6 12 44 OH 3 0.34 10 19 12 26 6 10 17 OH 4 -0.90 0 3 13 46 18 9 12 OH 5 -1.49 1 6 14 36 18 12 13 OH 6 -1.11 15 13 23 31 12 1 5 OH 7 -1.45 13 26 22 15 15 8 1 OH 8 -1.75 5 8 19 32 18 9 9 OH 9 -0.81 55 22 15 5 1 1 0 OH 10 -0.83 46 18 13 17 6 0 0 PA 1 -0.90 23 24 23 18 6 4 1 PA 2 -0.67 14 27 31 23 0 4 1 PA 3 -0.34 0 14 12 42 23 3 6 PA 4 1.21 0 0 5 21 14 27 33 PA 5 0.81 0 3 14 27 10 17 29 PA 6 0.11 8 13 19 36 12 8 5 PA 7 -1.07 9 14 18 26 21 10 3 PA 8 -0.06 1 13 10 24 22 13 17 PA 9 -0.25 9 8 6 15 12 13 37 PA 10 -0.24 12 15 6 14 8 8 37 RI 1 -0.13 4 14 22 33 12 5 10 SC 1 -0.24 17 50 26 5 3 0 0 SC 2 0.25 3 10 13 21 23 18 13 SC 3 0.20 1 5 13 41 21 12 8 SC 4 0.85 1 12 10 29 13 19 15 SC 5 0.06 1 4 12 37 13 9 24 SC 6 1.91 1 3 33 51 6 5 0 SC 7 1.86 0 6 38 45 10 0 0 VT 1 1.76 18 26 10 22 8 5 12 VT 2 2.43 19 15 12 22 9 10 13 VT 3 -1.08 29 18 23 15 8 5 1 VA 1 0.36 1 5 18 51 17 6 1 VA 2 -0.25 1 1 17 49 23 9 0 VA 3 0.81 0 1 5 49 27 17 1 VA 4 1.10 0 0 8 38 24 21 9 VA 5 1.29 1 54 42 3 0 0 0 VA 6 1.56 29 38 19 13 0 0 0 WV 1 -0.19 0 0 1 8 12 26 54 WV 2 1.79 1 13 22 40 15 6 3 WV 3 1.98 1 8 9 36 22 15 9 WV 4 0.61 5 17 22 29 18 8 1 WV 5 2.02 0 0 3 1 12 19 65 WV 6 2.15 0 0 6 10 6 22 55