REDUX: REMAKES, REVIVALS AND RECREATIONS 12 TH ANNUAL CASE CONFERENCE
DROUGHT AND SUMMER WEATHER UPDATE CASE Annual Summer Conference June 12, 2015
s drought
Record Low Palmer Severity Index
Lowest Summer PDSI Since 1550
National Drought Monitor October 4, 2011
Texas Drought Time Series
March-April Rainfall
May Rainfall Nationally
May Record Rainfall
May Rainfall Departure from Normal
Texas May Rainfall Stats Rainfall averaged 8.93 inches. Wettest May on record. Wettest month ever (Previous was 6.66 inches in June 2004). Wettest spring on record. Wettest Jan-May on record.
Buffalo Bayou-Houston
Barton Springs Pool Austin
Trinity River Dallas
Soil Moisture has Improved
Texas Reservoir Levels
Comparison with Jan. 1 Jan 6, 2015Jun 9, 2015
Blame it (mostly) on El Niño!
El Niño in Place, Growing Stronger 27 USAChina Australia
Typical Effects of El Niño
El Nino
Temperature Rainfall
NWS Rainfall Outlook
NWS Temperature Outlook
NMME July-August-September Rainfall Outlook
NMME July-August-September Temperature Outlook
NMME Sep-Oct-Nov Rainfall Outlook
Looking Out Longer Term
2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies 38
Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies 39
Gray and Klotzback Outlook “We anticipate that the 2015 Atlantic basin hurricane season will be one of the least active seasons since the middle of the 20th century”. 8 named storms (average is 12) 3 hurricanes (average is 6.5) 1 major hurricane (category 3,4 5) (average is 2)
Tropical Storm Ana
Bob Rose LCRA Chief Meteorologist Questions?