Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin December 2016 – February 2017. Dated March 2017. 

Review of conditions in July/Aug 2016; EDDI; water resources; short- and long-term outlooks for temps, precipitation and drought.

Summary of tournament’s background, design, development and delivery, with feedback on the activity’s strengths, areas for improvement and possible future applications.

The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), in conjunction with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), and the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), hosted a workshop at the USGS Flagstaff Science Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, on April 8-9, 2010, to begin the process of developing a drought early warning system for the Four Corners region of the U.S. Southwest.

The current El Niño event is very strong, and is expected to affect weather around the globe, and in Colorado, through next spring. The impacts of El Niño are more complex over Colorado than other parts of the West. Strong El Niño conditions improve the odds for wetter-than-normal conditions in most parts of Colorado, especially in fall and spring. However, strong El Niño conditions also tend to bring dry mid-winters to our North-Central mountains.

Shows past El Niño conditions, effects on snowpack and runoff.

El Niño weather pattern, climate outlook, potential impact on California drought, history of past El Niños.

Presented at the California Drought Forum May 15-16, 2014 in Sacramento, CA.