Southern California Sector-Specific Drought Early Warning Pilot Outlook: December 5, 2024
NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and Physical Sciences Laboratory are partnering with the California State Climatologist/California Department of Water Resources, NOAA’s National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information, and the California-Nevada Adaptation Program (a NOAA CAP team) on the Sector-Specific Drought Early Warning Outlook – Southern California Pilot. This pilot aims to deliver a user-oriented and evidence-based approach to drought early warning for sectors of our Nation’s economy susceptible to the hazards of too much and too little water.
This partnership will pilot a drought resilience framework for Southern California over the 2024–2025 wet season. It will produce sector-specific drought scenarios delivered via a virtual briefing and a related document that are based on tailored monitoring and forecasting information, which will enable users to make proactive decisions ahead of drought. The targeted sectors for this regional pilot are agriculture, water utilities, and public health.
As part of this pilot, the team has issued this Southern California Sector-Specific Drought Early Warning Outlook for December 5, 2024, along with an accompanying virtual Outlook presentation.
