Understanding, Translating, and Messaging Drought Conditions: Providing Guidance to Stakeholders During a Drought
The purpose of this webinar was to increase awareness and utilization of the new COMET training module that teaches National Weather Service (NWS) operational staff to review the appropriate drought products and tools, then craft effective and regionally-specific drought messaging.
NWS employees left the webinar with clear guidance on how to translate NWS and other common drought monitoring and prediction products and improve their communication and messaging to the public.
March 11 Webinar Details
Date/Time: March 11, 2024 from 3–4 pm ET
Agenda:
- Overview of the training module and user engagement analysis by the COMET team
- Regional and sectoral case studies: Summary of the drought events and partner messaging efforts by NWS drought experts
- South Dakota drought and agricultural messaging
- Las Vegas and Colorado River water supply
- Discussion and questions
2023–2024 NWS-NIDIS Webinar Series: Strengthening the NWS Drought Toolbox
This is the fourth webinar in a 2023–2024 webinar series that will enable NWS field office staff, operational meteorologists, and climatologists, to embed new drought tools, products, and insights into local and regional drought services. NWS and NOAA's National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) are jointly hosting this webinar series, building on the previous joint NWS-NIDIS webinar series on flash drought (2021) and soil moisture (2022).
Previous and upcoming webinars in this series:
- Improving Local Drought Awareness and Messaging Using New NWS Drought Information Statements (August 28, 2023)
- Monitoring, Predicting, and Communicating Flash Drought in your Region (October 17, 2023)
- Assessing Drought in a Changing Climate (December 6, 2023)
- Identifying Key Drought Indicators for Your Location and Application (TBD 2024)
For more information, please contact Maggie Hurwitz (margaret.hurwitz@noaa.gov) or Meredith Muth (meredith.f.muth@noaa.gov).
