History of NIDIS, its goals, the DEWS (Drought Early Warning Systems), their objectives, and an outline of the Midwest DEWS planning process.
Describes missions of the River Districts on Upper Mississippi in Minnesota, and how recent droughts impacted them. Lists drought triggers and low flow plans.
Overview of usage (among attendees at Nov. 8, 2016 Midwest DEWS meeting) of current monitoring tools; drought forecast and outlook information; historical drought occurrence, impacts and/or management tools. Usage determined by respondents to survey listing various tools, indicators, indices, websites, etc.
Describes system established to minimize fluctuation along the Mississippi River during flow conditions.
Single slide describes tasks for small group discussion at second day of Midwest assessment meeting.
- What is a mesonet?
- How mesonets fit into the Midwest DEWS
- Lessons learned from building the Kentucky Mesonet
- Toward an integrated Midwest mesonet
NWS Offices and Staff
- Provide weather and water data and forecasts in support of State Drought Meetings
- Provide additional interim support at State or local level
- Offer activities which vary State-to-State, provided as requested/needed by individual States
Introduction to webinar with agenda; information about drought early warning, the Pacific Northwest DEWS and NIDIS.
Washington State drought emergency protocols, stream flow and runoff, impacts on water supply, planning strategies.
Autumn 2016 and early 2017 events and Pacific Northwest DEWS contacts.