Bastrop TX, Feb. 12 Workshops and listening sessions have been scheduled to introduce and get feedback on the suite of drought management tools that the NDMC is developing. |
Big Canoes to Launch Sign up soon to be sure you’re on board for the inaugural issue of The Big Canoes. The newsletter, published by the Center for Research on the Changing Earth System, will provide regular updates on developing drought and flood predictions for the Missouri River based on decadal climate variability. |
NDMC Welcomes Widhalm, Sakamoto The NDMC is pleased to add Melissa Widhalm, a climatologist, to our staff. The NDMC’s GIScience and Analysis program area is getting a boost from visiting scientist Toshihiro Sakamoto. |
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La Niña May Keep West and Gulf Coast Dry
La Niña weather patterns are likely to continue through the winter and into spring, so drought may continue in the west. 2008 in Review Drought improved across much of the U.S. in 2008, although the Southeast and California saw drought linger all year, and exceptional drought emerged in Texas. The good news was that as of the end of the year, the U.S. was as drought-free as it has been at any time since October 2005. | |
U.S. Feels Drought Impacts in 2008 The U.S. Drought Impact Reporter captured 2,300 impacts in 2008.
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Climate Modelers at Workshop Look to Sea Surface Temperatures for Drought Prediction Climate modelers from across the U.S. gathered in Lincoln, Nebraska, in October 2008 to share their findings. David Legler, director of the U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Research Program and an organizer of the workshop, said it was “the first time the climate research community has come together in a concerted way to look at prospects for predicting drought.” |
