NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: May 18

Experts recap April and provide outlooks through August

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice.

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. (Image credit: NOAA)

RESOURCES

Audio file

Audio: Recording of NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report media call held on May 18, 2023

 

On Thursday, climate and weather experts will discuss key findings from NOAA's U.S. and global climate analyses for April 2023, the latest El Niño/La Niña update, and the U.S. seasonal outlooks for temperature, precipitation and drought for June, July and August. A NOAA expert from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Miami will also review the record-breaking rainfall that inundated parts of South Florida last month, bringing more than two feet of rain to Ft. Lauderdale.

WHEN

Thursday, May 18, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ET (USA)

WHO

  • Karin Gleason, Monitoring Section Chief, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Robert Molleda, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, NOAA National Weather Service Forecast Office, Miami 
  • Johnna Infanti, Ph.D., 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:

  • 888-950-9569 U.S./Canada (toll-free)
  • 1-630-395-0296 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 April 2023: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202304 (U.S.)

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202304 (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

RESOURCES

Audio file

Audio: Recording of NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report media call held on May 18, 2023