January 2020 Climate Currents
Snowpack Comeback
In the January 2020 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, Oriana Chegwidden describes how despite a rough start in December 2019, the snowpack in the Washington Cascades has had a comeback.
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August 2019 Climate Currents
Extremely Warm Days to Continue Under Climate Change
In the August 2019 CIRCulator, Nathan Gilles describes a study of the heat index which supplied data for the Climate Toolbox.
August 2019 Climate Currents
This Summer - A Welcome Reprieve
In the August 2019 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, John Abatzoglou describes the climate during the summer of 2019 and uses a map from the Climate Toolbox.
March 2019 Climate Currents
Climate Tools, Northwest Climate Currents, Our Research
In the March 2019 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, John Abatzoglou describes the climate during the winter of 2018-2019 and uses a map from the Climate Toolbox.
March 2019 Article
Toolbox Workbook
In a March 2019 article for the CIRCulator, Ann Mooney describes how the workbook for the Northwest Climate Toolbox Workbook was created and what it has to offer for you in the way of guidance in using the Northwest Climate Toolbox and in creating climate data stories.
October 2018 Climate Currents
Climate Signal Comes Through
In the October 2018 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, David Rupp shows that the "Climate Signal Comes Through". He highlights a recently published article by David Finklin, John Abatzoglou and others which demonstrates that streamflow trends and patterns are similar regardless whether a site is attached to a natural or modified stream or river.
August 2018 Climate Currents
Drought Returns to the Pacific Northwest
In the August 2018 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, John Abatzoglou shows that "Drought is back in the Pacific Northwest". He explains that there are many forms of drought and uses a new tool, the U.S. Water Watcher, to show current drought conditions in some of the different forms (or flavors). From the US Water Watcher, he shows a panel of four maps of current precipitation, streamflow, soil moisture and the energy release component to look at meteorological, hydrological, agricultural and ecological drought, respectively. He also looks at current dry vegetation conditions over the Pacific Northwest and where current fires are with maps from the NW Climate Toolbox's 'Climate Mapper' tool.
April 2018 Climate Currents
Spring Snowpack Numbers!
In the April 2018 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, Meghan Dalton shows the "Spring Snowpack Numbers" as the current state of the snowpack in the Pacific Northwest(PNW) is still a story of haves and have-nots. She explains how Washington, northern Idaho, and western Montana have above normal snow numbers, while much of Oregon is below normal, with Southern Oregon in a snow drought. She shows a map of temperature and precipitation anomalies from the NW Climate Toolbox's 'Climate Mapper' tool and a map of current Snow Water Equivalent(SWE) from the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s interactive map tool to explain the current snowpack conditions over the PNW.
January 2018 Climate Currents
Winter Snowpack Numbers
In the January 2018 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, John Abatzoglou shows the "Winter Snowpack Numbers" as the current deficient state of the snowpack in the Pacific Northwest(PNW), explains how this came about and how there is still room for optimism if the current La Nina can deliver snow late in the winter season. He shows a map of the Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from the NW Climate Toolbox's 'Climate Mapper' tool to explain the current snowpack deficiency over the PNW.
September 2017 Climate Currents
Northwest Climate Recap
In the September 2017 Climate Currents for the CIRCulator, John Abatzoglou gives a 'Northwest Climate Recap' of the record breaking cold winter of 2016-2017 and the warm, dry and fiery summer of 2017. He shows a visualization of temperature percentiles from the NW Climate Toolbox's 'Climate Mapper' tool to explain these broken records.