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Southwest Drought & Wildfire Update - July 25, 2018
Document Date
July 31, 2018
Document Description

Two-page summary of the July 25, 2018 webinar on current Southwest U.S. drought conditions, impacts, and outlook and wildfires.

Climate Toolbox: Future Climate Dashboard

This tool, available as part of The Climate Toolbox, provides a table of future climate projections from an average of 20 global climate models under either high or low future greenhouse gas emissi

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United States
Period of Record
Forecasts
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Southern Plains Drought Update
Document Date
May 5, 2018
Document Description

Two-page summary of the April 23, 2018 webinar on current Southern Plains drought conditions, impacts, and outlook and wildfires. The information was provided by Brian Fuchs, Climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center, and Todd Lindley, National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma.

Climate Toolbox: Seasonal Forecast Graphs

This tool, available as part of The Climate Toolbox, provides a graphical summary of seasonal climate forecasts of temperature and precipitation for the next sever months for a selected location.

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United States
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Forecasts
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CPC U.S. Drought Outlooks

The monthly and seasonal (3-month) outlook for drought tendency from the Climate Prediction Center (CPC), which depicts large-scale trends based on subjectively derived probabilities guided by shor

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United States
Period of Record
Outlooks
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CPC Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks

The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) produces temperature and precipitation outlooks for the U.S., including 6-10 day, 8-14 day, monthly, and seasonal outlooks.

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United States
Period of Record
1991–2020
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Utah Stakeholder Meeting Summary - November 14, 2017
Document Date
November 14, 2017
Document Description

Summary of the Intermountain West Drought Early Warning System Utah Stakeholder Meeting that took place on November 14, 2017 at the Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District Education Center in West Jordan, Utah. The meeting goals were to review the current state of drought information and drought planning in Utah and determine how to address gaps in information provision and use, communication, and/or planning in order to strengthen drought resiliency.

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