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This website provides access to drought indices that are used by the Montana Governor’s Drought and Water Supply Advisory Committee (Monitoring Sub-Committee), though it covers the whole Upper

Missouri River Basin Quarterly Climate and Impacts Outlook

North Central Region Climate Summary and Outlook Webinars

Montana Drought Adaptation and Response Plan

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February 26, 2014
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Summarizes Feb 26-27, 2014 meeting in Nebraska City, Nebraska, to kick off Missouri River Basin DEWS. Attended by representatives of more than 70 federal, state, tribal, academic, regional and national institutions to discuss the current state of drought awareness, planning and capacity across the Missouri River Basin. The goal is to create a Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) in the region.

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December 31, 2012
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An summary of an assessment of operational and experimental forecast system skill and reliability in the Missouri River Basin. 

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February 28, 2014
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This report documents the development of the regional Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) for the Missouri River Basin from 2012 to present, with a focus on the 2014 launch meeting in Nebraska City, Nebraska. Meeting organizers included NIDIS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln

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June 20, 2017
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin March – May 2017. Dated June 2017. 

Overall, it was a warm spring with each state in the above to much above average range. Colorado and Wyoming were ranked highest in the region as the 8th warmest on record. Spring precipitation was varied with Missouri and Kansas ranking as the top 4th and 5th wettest, respectively, and North Dakota ranking as the 9th driest.

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May 1, 2016
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The Work Plan is a two-year road map organized under three broad tasks:

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December 19, 2016
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin September – November 2016. Dated December 2016.

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