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California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar: July 22, 2024

Event Date
July 22, 2024
Event Time
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Timezone
PT
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The July Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar provided climate and drought updates, including recent heat events in California and Nevada, a new study on predicting western precipitation extremes, and new work on drought and public health.

The California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System (CA-NV DEWS) July 2024 Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar is part of a series of regular drought and climate outlook webinars. These webinars 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 (i.e., El Niño and La Niña). 

For more information, please contact Amanda Sheffield (amanda.sheffield@noaa.gov).

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Welcome to the California-Nevada Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar

Speaker: Amanda Sheffield | California-Nevada Regional Drought Information Coordinator, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

 

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4:40

Drought and Climate Update and Outlook

Speaker: Joseph Casola |  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Western Regional Climate Services Director

  • Current conditions: 
    • U.S. Drought Monitor shows very little drought in California-Nevada with less than 1% in Moderate Drought (D1).
    • Summer featured record breaking heat and a busy June-July for California wildfires.  
  • Outlook:

 

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Subseasonal Prediction Source from the Tropics

Speaker: Jiabao Wang  | Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps/UC San Diego

  • The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is considered a prominent source of Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) predictability because of its pronounced impacts on extratropical weather and its potential predictability at S2S lead times. 
  • The linkage between MJO and extratropical cyclones is largely dependent on El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phases. 
  • The MJO can interrupt the canonical ENSO-precipitation relationship (such as in Water Year 2023). 

Read more about this study. 

 

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38:15

Drought and Public Health Roadmap and Messaging Research for Public Health Providers

Speaker: Summer Woolsey, MPH | University of Nebraska Medical Center

 

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Q&A and Conclusion

Speaker: Amanda Sheffield | CIRES/NOAA/NIDIS California-Nevada Regional Drought Information Coordinator

  • Register now for the next webinar in this series on Monday, September 23, 2024 at 11 a.m. PT.

 

About This Webinar

The Southeast Climate monthly webinar series is hosted by the Southeast Regional Climate Center, the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), and the NOAA National Weather Service. These webinars provide the region with timely information on current and developing climate conditions such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as agriculture production, water resources, wildfires, and ecosystems

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