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

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for December 2016 – February 2017. Dated March 2017.   

HIghlights from December 2016, January and February 2017 for the Western states include:

Two-page summary of the Climate Assessment Report: Causes for Hydrologic Extremes  in the Upper Missouri River Basin. The report demonstrates a strong physical connection between the increased frequency of high annual runoff events in the UMRB and the increase in precipitation falling over the upper basin.

Two-pager describes regional workshops held in March 2016 in Brookings, SD and Casper, WY to enhance and build partnerships between the regional climate and agricultural services communities.

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.

Presentation given at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop that took place September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Discusses the work done by the High Plains Regional Climate Center and how they take weather data and turn it into an end product that is usable by stakeholders.