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Event Date
February 20, 2024
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
Virtual

This webinar will provide an update on current drought conditions and snow drought in the Intermountain West (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming).

Event Date
January 9, 2024
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Location
Virtual

This webinar will provide an update on current drought conditions and snow drought in the Intermountain West (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming).

Event Date
December 5, 2023
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
Location
Virtual

This webinar, held on December 5, 2023, provided updated information assessing climate, water, and drought in the Intermountain West. 

Event Date
August 28, 2023 - June 30, 2025

This 2023–2025 national webinar series—Strengthening the National Weather Service Drought Toolbox—will enable National Weather Service field office staff, operational meteorologists, climatologists and hydrologists, to embed new drought tools, products, and insights into local and regional drought services.

Event Date
October 17, 2023
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Virtual

This webinar, co-hosted by NIDIS and the National Weather Service, will provide local and regional perspectives on approaches for monitoring, predicting, and communicating flash drought, including an overview of the 2023 flash drought in the Midwest.

Event Date
August 28, 2023
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location
Virtual

This webinar, co-hosted by NIDIS and the National Weather Service, will review the Drought Information Statement modernization effort, showcase the new template and format, outline the expectations for Drought Information Statement authors, and share examples of the modernized statements that were developed during a recent beta test with selected Weather Forecast Offices.

Event Date
November 8, 2022

In May 2022, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) began issuing an experimental Rapid Onset Drought risk product within CPC’s Day 8-14 (“Week-2”) U.S. Hazards Outlook. This product highlights areas where rapid drought development (sometimes known as “flash drought”) may occur in the coming 2–4 weeks as depicted by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

 The U.S. Drought Portal's Historical Data & Conditions Tool displays three historical drought datasets side by side on an interactive time series graph and map: U.S. Drought Monitor (2000 - Present), Standardized Precipitation Index (1895 - Present), and Palmer Modified Drought Index (0 BCE - 2017). These data are available for download in CSV, XML, and JSON format.

Event Date
August 25, 2022
10:00 am - 10:45 am
Location
Virtual

On August 25, the High Plains Regional Climate Center hosted a webinar centered on their latest web applications: the Water Deficit Trends Tool and the Spatial Climate Analysis Tool. 

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NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) continues its partnership with the NASA DEVELOP Program, working with early-career scientists and university students. This nationwide program uses NASA Earth observations to address diverse environmental issues impacting communities. At the DEVELOP NCEI location, participants work on projects that focus primarily on climate applications and incorporate NCEI climate data. The NCEI teams partner with the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) to support drought-focused projects each year. 

This summer, NCEI has two NASA DEVELOP groups, one of which is using satellite data to assess water availability and inform habitat monitoring in the western Sonoran Desert.

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