Background information on NIDIS, the California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), and a summary of the webinar schedule.
Summary of current conditions, climate outlook, and fire potential outlook for California and Nevada from a webinar conducted May 30, 2017. The webinar was part of a series designed to provide stakeholders and other interested parties in the region with timely information on current drought status and impacts, as well as a preview of current and developing climatic events like La Niña.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Hawaii and the U.S. Pacific Islands Region for February – April 2017. Dated May 2017.
Includes significant events and impacts for Q1 2017; regional climate overview; sectoral impacts, and regional outlook for May through July 2017.
Agenda; what is NIDIS; what is a DEWS; information about the Pacific Northwest DEWS; upcoming events.
Data and maps summarizing conditions in the Pacific Northwest: U.S. Drought Monitor; precipitation and temperature; snowpack; reservoir storage; streamflow.
Basic information on the USDA Climate Hubs.
Current and forecast ENSO conditions (El Niño/La Niña) for summer 2017; climate outlooks for temperature and precipitation through September 2017; drought outlook through July.
An overview of grazing and fuels and their relationship to wildfire. Summary:
- Grazing can reduce fuels.
- Grazing will not stop fires under very hot & dry conditions.
- Grazing can reduce cheatgrass & grazing can increase cheatgrass.
- Grazing can reduce fire intensity & promote recovery after fire.
This two-page summarizes the March 27, 2017 California-Nevada DEWS Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar, part of a series of regular drought and climate outlook webinars designed to provide stakeholders and other interested parties in the region with timely information on current drought status and impacts, as well as a preview of current and developing climatic events like La Niña. Includes information about snowpack and climateengine.org
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for December 2016 – February 2017. Dated March 2017.