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.
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.
Explains what is NIDIS, what is a drought early warning, what is a Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), background of Pacific NW DEWS.
Current drought/climate conditions in the Pacific Northwest: precipitation, soil moisture, temperature.
Overview of 2015-16 cloud season results, Payette Target-Control, Basin-wide Target-Control results, Weather Research Forecast (WRF) modeling results, WRF model example, 2016-17 project overview, SNOWIE: Seeded and Natural Orographic Wintertime clouds — the Idaho Experiment.
Water Year 2016-17 conditions in the Payette and Owyhee River drainages.
Discussion of the relationship between drought and wildfire. Key message include:
Drought is now affecting all ecosystems, could get worse Changes most obvious in the West, impacts in eastern forests through morbidity, slow decline Impacts both immediate and long-lasting Plant stress, drought-tolerant species Habitat shifts Some invasive species can benefit Reduced carbon storage and water supplies Manage to increase resiliency and resistance
Summarizes conditions in Idaho over the past year including snow pack, SPEI, temperature, precipitation, drought, reservoir levels, lake levels.