Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for September – November 2016. Dated December 2016.

Defines La Niña; gives outlook for winter temperatures and precipitation; possible effects of La Niña on the Great Lakes region, including agriculture, the economy, water levels and lake ice.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for June – August 2016. Dated September 2016.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for June – August 2016.  Dated September 2016.

This report documents the Midwest Drought Early Warning System Kickoff Meeting, held February 9-11, 2016 in St. Louis, MO, to formally launch the Midwest DEWS. The multi-day event brought together federal, state, local, private industry and academic partners and other stakeholders for an in-depth discussion on drought and high-precipitation events in the Midwest, with attention to water, climate, land resources and emergency management. Discussions centered on improving the capacity to meet the early warning information needs of decision makers in the Midwest.

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

Quarterly Climate impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for March – May 2016.  Dated June 2016.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for December 2015 – February 2016. Dated March 2016.

Quarterly Climate impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for December 2015 – February 2016. Dated March 2016.

Needs, motivation, datasets, pilot cases, goals, lessons learned so far in developing a national soil moisture network.