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Colorado Climate Center Yearly Update

Get the latest updates on Nolan Doesken's retirement, the upcoming announcement of the new State Climatologist, and the ongoing improvements to CoAgMET. The Climate Center is also working on evaporative demand-related projects and providing seasonal forecasts.

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Colorado Climate Center Yearly Update

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  1. Colorado Climate Center Yearly Update Peter Goble WERA 102 September, 2017

  2. Overview • Nolan Doesken has retired • The new State Climatologist is to be named next month • CoAgMET is expanding with a website overhaul underway • The Climate Center is working on several evaporative demand-related projects • Drought continues to be a focal point for us. The Climate Center is now including seasonal forecasts

  3. Nolan’s Retirement • Nolan Doesken served as Colorado’s State Climatologist from 2006-2017 • He retired in August • WERA 102 was always one of his favorite meetings to attend • He’ll be back in October, primarily to work on CoCoRaHS. You’ll likely see him again

  4. New State Climatologist to be Named in October • Colorado State has conducted and completed a search for a new state climatologist • Expect this person to be a tenured faculty member within Colorado State, and to be named next month • Expect this person to name a deputy director of the Climate Center • …but we are not currently running headless

  5. Improvements to CoAgMET • Expansion of stations on the west slope • Website upgrade • 5-minute data from stations • New mapping tool • https://erams.com/coagmet/

  6. erams.com/coagmet

  7. Colorado Climate Center and NIDIS Drought Activities

  8. Colorado Climate Center and NIDIS Drought Activities

  9. Producing Seasonal Forecasts Temperature forecast for the Upper Colorado Drainage in CO

  10. CoCoRaHS

  11. CoCoRaHS

  12. CoCoRaHS • Condition monitoring allows us to track where drought conditions are deteriorating, at least in a colloquial sense

  13. Questions?

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