Experts recap March and provide outlooks through July
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: floods, heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and loss of glacial ice. (Image credit: NOAA)
On Thursday, climate and weather experts will discuss key findings from NOAA's U.S. and global climate analyses for March 2023, the latest El Niño/La Niña update, and the U.S. seasonal outlooks for temperature, precipitation and drought for the next three months. An expert from the Central Sierra Snow Laboratory will also review this season's western U.S. snowfall and its potential impacts as we move into the warm season.
WHEN
Thursday, April 20, 2023, 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. ET (USA)
WHO
- Rocky Bilotta, climatologist, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
- Andrew Schwartz, Ph.D. lead scientist, Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, UC Berkeley
- Scott Handel, 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:
- 888-324-8189 U.S./Canada (toll-free)
- 1-210-234-0100 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 March 2023: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/national/202303 (U.S.)
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/monthly-report/global/202303 (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
