Experts recap January and provide outlooks through May

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. (Image credit: NOAA)
On Thursday, climate and weather experts will discuss key findings from NOAA's U.S. and global climate analyses for January 2023, the latest El Niño/La Niña update and the U.S. seasonal outlooks for temperature, precipitation and drought for the next three months. An expert from the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography will also provide a review of the series of atmospheric rivers that impacted the West Coast from mid-December 2022 through January 2023.
WHEN
Thursday, February 16, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ET (USA)
WHO
- Ahira Sánchez-Lugo, climatologist, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- Brian Kawzenuk, application programmer, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Dan Collins, meteorologist, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
WHAT
- Conference Call (slides will accompany call, see below)
- Presentations
- Questions and Answers
HOW
1. Dial into the conference call:
- 888-455-9734 U.S./Canada (toll-free)
- 1-517-308-9168 International (toll)
- Verbal passcode: CLIMATE
2. View slides at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/briefings (available approximately 30 minutes before teleconference).
FOR MORE INFORMATION
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information climate reports recapping January 2023: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202301 (U.S.)
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202301 (Global)
NOAA Climate Prediction Center outlooks & assessments: https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
NOAA El Niño/La Niña page: https://www.climate.gov/enso
NOAA Climate Portal: https://www.climate.gov
Upcoming NOAA climate monitoring reports: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/dyk/monthly-releases
Media contact
John Bateman, john.jones-bateman@noaa.gov, (202) 424-0929