Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region March – May 2016. Dated June 2016. 

Significant events, regional overview of conditions in the West and outlooks for precipitation, temperature and wildfire as of May 2016.

Describes NOAA activities through May 2016 in support of the California Water Action Plan (CWAP).

The National Integrated Drought Information System, in partnership with NOAA’s Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC), the California Nevada Applications Program (CNAP, a NOAA Regional Integrated Science Applications team), the Desert Research Institute (DRI), and the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), hosted the “Integrating Drought Science and Information into Wildfire Management Workshop” in Boise, Idaho on 21-22 October 2015. Seventeen federal, state, NGO, and academic entities attended the workshop. 

Describes the planning process leading up to the launch of the Pacific Northwest DEWS.

Summary of tournament’s background, design, development and delivery, with feedback on the activity’s strengths, areas for improvement and possible future applications.

Capsule bios for presenters at drought forum in Sacramento, May 15-16, 2014.

CNAP newsletter summarizes 2014 drought in California. 

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for December 2015 and January – February 2016.