NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: September 17

Experts recap August, summer 2020, and provide outlooks through December

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.

A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage. (Image credit: NOAA)

On Thursday, climate and weather experts will discuss key findings from NOAA's U.S. and global climate analyses for August as well as the latest U.S. seasonal outlooks for temperature, precipitation and drought for the next three months. A NOAA expert will also discuss the billion-dollar disasters that struck the U.S. in August 2020, and provide an update for the year so far.

WHEN:

  • Thursday, September 17, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ET (USA) 

WHO:

  • Ahira Sánchez-Lugo, climatologist, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Adam Smith, applied climatologist, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
  • Brad Pugh, 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:

  • 888-769-9420 U.S./Canada (toll-free)
  • 1-415-228-5026 International (toll)
  • Numerical passcode: 5888222 

   2. View slides at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings (available approximately 30 minutes before teleconference).

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

MEDIA CONTACT

John Bateman, 202-424-0929