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NOAA Climate.gov unveils new El Niño Southern Oscillation webpage 17 February 2016

NOAA Climate.gov unveils new El Niño Southern Oscillation webpage

Earlier this month, NOAA Climate.gov and the Climate Program Office Communications and Education (CommEd) team unveiled a new webpage to track El Niño and La Niña events: www.climate.gov/ENSO.

MAPP Webinar Series: Persistent Flow Regimes and Extremes 17 February 2016

MAPP Webinar Series: Persistent Flow Regimes and Extremes

The NOAA CPO Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) program hosted a webinar on the topic of Persistent Flow Regimes and Extremes on Friday, February 19, 2016. The announcement is provided below. This Webinar was co-sponsored by the Office of Weather and Air Quality and the National Earth System Prediction Capability.
NIDIS launches two new Drought Early Warning Systems 16 February 2016

NIDIS launches two new Drought Early Warning Systems

On Feb. 2 and 9, respectively, NIDIS launched two new Drought Early Warning Systems (DEWS) in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest.

Managing Disaster: A new report on the 2013 Oklahoma Tornado 16 February 2016

Managing Disaster: A new report on the 2013 Oklahoma Tornado

The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP), a NOAA RISA team, have released a new report on the emergency management response to the May 2013 EF-5 tornado that struck central Oklahoma. 

What can drought-stricken California expect from the El Niño winter forecast? 12 February 2016

What can drought-stricken California expect from the El Niño winter forecast?

A subgroup of the NOAA Drought Task Force recently released a science assessment looking at the relationship between El Niño and the California drought, a discussion that is pertinent within the context of the strong 2015/2016 El Niño event.
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