NOAA monthly climate call: Thursday, September 15

Experts recap August and provide outlooks through December for the U.S.

Year to date (January to August) mean surface temperature departure from average for the U.S.

Year to date (January to August) mean surface temperature departure from average for the U.S. (Image credit: NOAA NCEI)

On Thursday, climate and weather experts will discuss key findings from NOAA's August U.S. climate analyses, as well as the latest forecast for La Niña and how that may influence temperature and precipitation through December. In addition, an expert will discuss the recent rainfall in the Florida Panhandle and dryness along their East Coast.

Note: NOAA's global climate highlights will not be released until September 20, so these data will not be discussed in the call.  

WHEN

Thursday, September 15, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ET (USA)

WHO

• Jake Crouch, climatologist, NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information-Climate Monitoring Branch

• David Zierden, Florida state climatologist, Florida State University

• Matthew Rosencrans, head of forecast operations, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center-Operational Prediction Branch

WHAT

Conference call (slides will accompany call, see below)

  •  Presentations
  •  Questions and Answers

HOW

1. Dial into the conference call

 2. View slides at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings (available approximately one hour before teleconference)

MEDIA CONTACT

John Leslie, john.leslie@noaa.gov, 301-713-0214
Brady Phillips, brady.phillips@noaa.gov, 202-407-1298

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