The Southern Plains DEWS Strategic Plan outlines priority tasks and activities across the region to build drought early warning capacity and resilience. It includes a list of current partners, outcomes, and key milestones. The Plan is a “living document” to which additional actions and partners may be added as needed.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for March – May 2017. Dated June 2017.
The unusual February warmth continued into the first week of March. Most of southern Minnesota, Iowa and, northern Missouri were 7°–10°F above normal, while most of Illinois and Indiana were 6°–8°F above normal. Dozens of daily maximum and high minimum temperature records fell during the week.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Northeast Region for March – May 2017. Dated June 2017.
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.
A description of the predictive services and the fire potential in Southern California.
Background information on NIDIS, the California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System (DEWS), and a summary of the webinar schedule.
An overview of precipitation, snowpack, weather predictions and drought and their effect on fire potential for the United States during summer of 2017.
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.
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.