Southern Plains Drought Assessment and Outlook Forum Spring 2012 - Lubbock TX

Summarizes drought assessment and outlook forum held in Lubbock, TX in 2012. Includes key messages from the forum, conditions report, forecast report, webinar information and discussion of a service assessment of the 2010-12 drought. This assessment is to include: a climatological overview of the drought event, including information on the meteorological and climatological causes (“attribution”); a description of the regional environmental and economic impacts from Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and beyond; a summary and evaluation of regional climate services put in place to respond to the event, including drought outlook forums and management webinars; an evaluation of the drought’s impact on decision making, particularly in water management sectors; and lessons learned and recommendations for addressing future extreme events in the Southern Plains.