Hello! We're new here and excited to introduce ourselves. Follow us for all things drought in the SW U.S. More information about our network can be found at dln.swclimatehub.info/
Please join us on December 19th at 12 MT for an informative session on current #drought conditions, climate outlooks, and regional #snowpack updates across the Southwest. Register here: tinyurl.com/DLNDec19
Join us September 10th at 10 for our drought briefing. Dr. Kyle Bocinsky with the Montana Climate Office will present #drought conditions for the #Southwest. He will also highlight unique perspectives and challenges for tribal lands and communities. tinyurl.com/DLNSep25
Join us July 23rd at 11:00 am MT for our latest #Drought briefing. Arizona’s State Climatologist will break down current drought conditions and outlook. Then Kelly Smith from the National Drought Mitigation Center will demo the CMOR Tool. Sign up here: bit.ly/droughtbriefing0723
Join us May 12th at noon for our latest #Drought briefing. Our presenters from the National Drought Mitigation Center will discuss our current drought conditions and outlook, and the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website.
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The New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group is hosting several free field days this spring! Come join us for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and hands-on learning. Click the link below to learn more: nmhealthysoil.org/
To anyone going to the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting #SRM2025 this year, you're invited to our 2-part Symposium on Tuesday (10:20am & 1:20pm) and the end-of-project reception on Tuesday evening! (6-8 pm) There will be food at the reception!
The Manureshed Action Network is bringing #farmers, #ranchers, & researchers together to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of #manure redistribution. Join us for lunch discussions to explore how to turn manure into crop nutrients and into revenue.
This February and spring, join us for lunch discussions to explore how to turn manure into crop nutrients and revenue. Did we mention lunch is included😋?
Be aware New Mexico! We are looking at potentially historic amounts of Snow in the Sangre de Cristo, Jemez and Sandia/Manzano mountains over the next few days. Expect feet, not inches of snow and impacts to travel along the I-40, I-25, 550, 285 and 380/60 corridors. #nmwx
Here is the current #Drought status in the Southwest region. NM remains almost entirely in drought and conditions are expected to persist for at least the next several weeks.
New CART case study: Keyline design uses the natural ridges and contours of land’s topography to slow, spread, and sink rainwater - a strategy to use on rangeland with drought-hardened soils. Ranchers in NM detail their success here: arcg.is/0Orj5C.
ALT A graphic with text reading: “Happy Earth Day, Monday April 22.” A brown bear cub reaches towards a flower in a photo beneath the text. Image credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lisa Hupp
This week's precip forecast by @NOAA's @NWSWPC
Much of the Mississippi River Basin and Plains are expected to get inches of rain this week. Wet for the Northwest Coast and Rockies too.
CA, the Southwest, part of the Southern Plains, and the Southeast look dry. #drought@NWS
ALT This map shows the seven day quantitative precipitation forecast for the contiguous United States, by NOAA's National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center. An inch or more of precipitation is expected for the eastern Plains, Mississippi River Valley, Pacific Northwest Coast, and the Rocky Mountains. Little to no precipitation is expected across the southern United States.
Next week looks generally warm and wet for the Lower 48, with the greatest chances for above-normal precip chances in CA/NV and the Central US, per @NOAA’s @NWSCPC.
Part of the Southeast and HI lean drier, with the Northeast and HI looking cooler. drought.gov/forecasts@NWS
ALT The Climate Prediction Center's 6-10 day precipitation outlook favors above-normal precipitation chances for much of the US and Alaska. Below-normal precipitation chances are favored for part of the Southeast and Hawaii.
ALT The Climate Prediction Center's 6-10 day temperature outlook favors above-normal temperature chances for most of the contiguous United States and eastern Alaska., the Southern Plains, and part of the Southwest and California. Below-normal temperature chances are favored for the Northeast, western Alaska, and Hawaii.
This week's precip forecast by @NOAA's @NWSWPC
Storms are expected across parts of the Rockies into the Northern/Central Plains and Midwest, dropping inches of precip in areas. Also TX and OK into the South.
Mostly dry for the rest of the West and FL. #drought@NWS
ALT This map shows the seven day quantitative precipitation forecast for the contiguous United States, by NOAA's National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center. An inch or more of precipitation is expected for parts of the Northern and Central Plains, Midwest, Western mountains, Southern Plains, and South. Little to no precipitation is expected for the rest of the West and Florida.
A transition from El Niño to #ENSO-neutral is likely by April-June 2024 (85% chance), with the odds of La Niña developing by June-August 2024 (60% chance). An #ElNino Advisory and #LaNina Watch remain in effect. cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/a…
ALT Bar chart reflecting the percentage chances of La Nina, Neutral, and El Nino from March-April-May 2024 through November-December-January 2024-2025. For more information on explicit chances of exceeding Nino 3.4 thresholds please see https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/strengths/index.php
Southern Plains set a new drought duration record lasting 406 weeks beginning on 2016-06-28 and ongoing. This video shows it was not been one drought, but a series of droughts that have come and gone in different parts of the region.