Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Islands Region for August – October 2017.  Dated November 2017.

Includes significant events and impacts for Q3 2017; regional climate overview; sectoral impacts, and regional outlook for November 2017 through January 2018.

Forecast Rodeo presentation from the September 25, 2017 California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.

Fisheries presentation from the September 25, 2017 California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.

Outlook presentation from the September 25, 2017 California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.

Drought and climate conditions update presentation from the September 25, 2017 California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.

Opening presentation from the September 25, 2017 California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar.

Two-page summary of the most recent California-Nevada Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar. 

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for June – August 2017; outlook for October – December 2017.  Dated September 2017.  

Summer 2017 was significantly warmer than normal over most of the region, though Southeast Alaska and northern British Columbia were, overall, closer to normal. Precipitation, as is often the case in summer, was quite variable. Southern and northern coastal areas were wetter than average. Most inland areas and western Alaska had near normal rainfall but with small dry pockets.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for June – August 2017. Dated September 2017.  

Warmest summer on record for California and Nevada; second warmest for Oregon, 3rd warmest for Utah, and 4th for Washington and Arizona.  Several locations set record for all-time warmest month in July: Reno, NV, Salt Lake City, UT, and Bakersfield, CA.  Much drier than normal conditions across northern tier of West; Montana had 2nd driest summer on record.  Moderate to exceptional drought conditions developed across Montana.

A workshop was held in August 2014, at University of California San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Thirty-two representatives from multiple agencies met for three days to scope out an appraisal-level FIRO study. A work plan is now being drafted for release in early 2015. The FIRO study is expected to occur over the next five years (depending on funding).