Office of the State Climatologist of Oregon @laoneill25 - housed at Oregon State University @OSUCEOAS! Oregon climate, weather, and impacts.
Corvallis, OR
Joined July 2010
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Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Western Oregon was hit by a "flash drought" over the past 2-3 weeks, according to OR State Climatologist @laoneill25. Warm temps and east winds “sucked record amounts of moisture from the soil." Impact to farming, drinking water, wildfire, etc. Story:
tinyurl.com/tsy9kn3p
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
🔵 Since January 1, much of Arizona and New Mexico have observed normal to well-above-normal precipitation levels. Dry conditions expanded in western Oregon and Washington in response to short-term dryness and very low streamflows. bit.ly/USDM042324 #DroughtMonitor
ALT U.S. Drought Monitor West map for April 23, 2024.
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Why and how do non-native invasive plants contribute to wildfire risk? OCCRI director @efleishman discusses with Time magazine. time.com/6305735/invasive-pl… @OSUCEOAS
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
April was a much wetter and cooler month after record to near-record dry and warm conditions from early January into early April. Learn more in Oregon's May Water Supply Outlook Report: bit.ly/37lC2vQ #snowsurvey
ALT Brock Phillips, USBR Physical Scientist, prepares to take a snow core sample along the Park H.Q. Snow Course in Crater Lake National Park. Snowpack at the site was 69% of median. (Photo taken April 28, 2022: Chris Gebauer, NRCS Soil Scientist)
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Great to see @CoCoRaHS highlighted in one of the nation's top newspapers. washingtonpost.com/science/2…
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
❄️☔️📹A lot of folks are curious about how much precipitation and snowpack we've received, how this affects the current drought, and whether this pattern will continue. We address these questions in our latest video update.
#orwx #cawx
youtu.be/y0N8HRY8WIs
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
“I think the real story here is that we used to get snow more often in April in Portland and now we don’t.” opb.org/article/2022/04/13/s…
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Pacific Northwest Drought Update
Snow Drought and Early Melt Will Impact Already Stressed Water Supplies
Get the full update: drought.gov/drought-status-u…
Register for an April 25 Webinar: register.gotowebinar.com/reg…
@USDAClimateHubs @OCCRI @ORClimateSvc @WAstateclimate @HRPrendeville
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
@ORClimateSvc director @laoneill25 explains why drought can persist during a rainy season, drought fatigue, and likely effects of the ongoing low precipitation
Climatologists sound alarm bells over unprecedented drought conditions in Central Oregon. bit.ly/3u5OWWj
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
🔢📊We love visualizing data! Here's lightning climatology imagery for our forecast area, showing where cloud to ground lightning flashes are most common (dark purple). Also...time series chart showing when cloud to ground flashes are most likely in our forecast area. #orwx #cawx
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Around the world, today's extreme drought and extreme wet are tomorrow's environment. Against that backdrop, there still will be years that are markedly wet and dry. pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pn…
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
March Snow Drought Update
Snow drought expands as the western US is running out of time to replenish water supplies.
With so many reservoirs already at extremely low levels, the impacts will reach into summer and beyond.
Get the full update: drought.gov/drought-status-u… @NOAA @NRCS
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
In this week's Dry Times
Snow Drought
Drought Costing CA Ag Billions w/@ucmerced
Feb Drought/Climate Recap w/@NOAANCEI
When Rivers Reach the Sky w/@NOAAClimate
Western Reservoir Storage w/@CA_DWR/@usbr/@ORClimateSvc
See conta.cc/3HZjRbF
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Oregon Climate Office retweeted
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Oregon Climate Office retweeted
#Water & climate experts from #Oregon, #Washington & #Idaho warned that parts of the region should prepare for a summer of severe drought, wildfires & historically low stream flows.
74% of the Pacific Northwest is in #drought.
@DroughtCenter
apnews.com/article/climate-s…
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Congratulations to @david_e_rupp, @LinniaHawkins, Sihan Li, Matthew Koszuta, and Nicholas Siler on their new publication. Heavy precipitation events likely to become more common across much of the West, but not on the western slopes of mountains link.springer.com/article/10… @OSUCEOAS
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Sick of the #rain? We need it! February 2022 was the third driest on record for Eugene with only 0.98" of rain for the entire month! February is usually our fourth wettest month of the year.
#LIVEonKVAL #ORwx
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Climate change is already displacing people, in Oregon and elsewhere. A UN report warns of more to come. Interview with @OSUCEOS's @davidwrathall opb.org/article/2022/03/02/o…
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Drought + last year's heat waves have weakened the health of forests across Oregon.
"In Oregon, we're facing several emerging issues: drought, fire, tree decline, insect outbreaks, tree pathogens and invasive species," said David Shaw, OSU professor.
capitalpress.com/ag_sectors/…
Oregon Climate Office retweeted
Summary and recording from yesterday's Pacific Northwest Drought & Climate Webinar
Key takeaway: 2022 has been a bust for snowpack for much of the region. There are compounding drought concerns for areas already dealing with multi-year drought.
drought.gov/webinars/pacific…
