Summary:
ENSO Alert System Status: La Niña Advisory La Niña conditions are present. Equatorial sea surface temperatures (SST) are below average in the central and east-central Pacific Ocean. La Niña is slightly favored to persist (~55% chance) through winter 2016-17.
Discussion of La Niña in winter; outlook for precipitation and temperatures; impacts on agriculture, ecosystems/rivers, and the economy; how past La Niñas have unfolded.
This updated National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Implementation Plan reflects the second phase of NIDIS development and deployment as reauthorized by Congress in 2014. It details NIDIS’s evolution and lessons learned in moving towards a national drought early warning information system, and reflects the thoughtful feedback and participation of NIDIS’s partners.
The 2017 Water Year in Pacific Northwest so far, climate outlook and water supply forecasts. Includes jet stream and La Niña/El Niño information.
Describes Chinook salmon management by Idaho Power in Columbia River Basin.
Defines La Niña; gives outlook for winter temperatures and precipitation; possible effects of La Niña on the Midwest, including agriculture, the economy, ecosystems and rivers.
Defines La Niña; gives outlook for winter temperatures and precipitation; possible effects of La Niña on the Missouri Basin, including agriculture, the economy, and the river itself.
Defines La Niña; gives outlook for winter temperatures and precipitation; possible effects of La Niña on the Great Lakes region, including agriculture, the economy, water levels and lake ice.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlooks for the Pacific Region for August – October 2016. Dated November 2016.
In September and October 2016 the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), the California Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) and other partners held a series of regional Drought and Climate Outlooks throughout California. These full-day meetings provided stakeholders and other interested parties with timely information on current drought status, as well as a preview of recent, current and developing climatic events (i.e. El Niño and La Niña) and ocean conditions.