The U.S. Geological Survey and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System are pleased to announce a series of listening sessions to seek input on priorities and needs related to predicting water availability changes under drought conditions at national and regional scales. This listening session, held on May 5, 2022, included a short introduction to groundwater drought prediction products, followed by guided discussions with participants on research priorities for product development or improvement at the national and/or regional scale.

The U.S. Geological Survey and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System are pleased to announce a series of listening sessions to seek input on priorities and needs related to predicting water availability changes under drought conditions at national and regional scales. This listening session, held on March 3, 2022, included a short introduction to streamflow drought prediction products, followed by guided discussions with participants on research priorities for product development or improvement at the national and/or regional scale.

The U.S. Geological Survey and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System are pleased to announce a series of listening sessions to seek input on priorities and needs related to predicting water availability changes under drought conditions at national and regional scales. This webinar, held on February 9, 2022, introduced upcoming end user listening sessions and provided a short overview of the USGS Drought Program work to characterize hydrological (e.g., streamflow and groundwater) drought variability, drivers and trends over the past century.

NOAA's National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES), in cooperation with the Northeast Region Climate Center (NRCC), are pleased to announce two upcoming webinars in September. In this webinar, the team will share their Drought Monitoring Toolbox for the Northeast.

The most recent United States Drought Monitor indicates that nearly all of the Southwest is experiencing some level of drought, but recent monsoonal rain is improving drought conditions. This short drought briefing will focus on how the monsoon is impacting drought conditions and provide a general update of current drought conditions and forecasts for Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada.

To provide the latest information on drought conditions across the West, NIDIS is joining with our federal, state, tribal, and local partners to host a drought webinar specifically for western communities. The webinar will include an update on the current drought situation and outlook, an overview of wildland fire conditions and outlook, and will feature perspectives from those on the ground who are responding to worsening drought conditions. Key discussions will include a summary of past and current conditions in terms of many climate variables like snowpack, temperatures, precipitation, soil moisture, etc.; as well as potential and ongoing impacts from drought across sectors (e.g., agriculture, water resources, recreation, etc.).