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PRISM solar irradiance time series data are now available. Great news for many fields of inquiry. prism.oregonstate.edu/notices/noti...

New @NOAA ENSO Index Supports Drought Early Warning The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) has been NOAA's official ENSO index. In Feb 2026, @NWSCPC adopted the Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) to better represent ENSO. + Is El Niño on the Horizon? See drought.gov/news/new-noaa-… @NWS

The National Weather Service will begin providing information about both likelihood and, for the first time, intensity of severe storms. wapo.st/4l3txqR

A recording of February's Pacific Northwest Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar is now available courtesy of our excellent colleagues at @NOAADrought youtube.com/watch?v=G6Mdho…

Next Monday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific: Pacific Northwest Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar, featuring Oregon State Climatologist Larry O'Neill and colleagues at NOAA and NRCS. Register at conta.cc/4tvUwPu

Upcoming NIDIS Western Region Webinars Feb. 19: Intermountain West Snow Drought and Water Supply Briefing (WY, UT, CO, AZ, NM) drought.gov/events/intermo… Feb: 23 Pacific Northwest DEWS February Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar (WA, OR, ID) drought.gov/events/pacific…

Snow drought creates stress for sectors, organisms, and needs including but not limited to the ski industry, fishes, and electricity supply. bendbulletin.com/2026/02/11/ore…

Despite likely storms in the coming weeks, Oregon State Climatologist Larry O'Neill and partners in climate offices across the Pacific Northwest detail potential water scarcity during this year's growing season opb.org/article/2026/0…

Snow conditions currently are lousy across most of the western United States, but may improve later in February.

Is "regular winter weather" and a reprieve from snow drought in Oregon's future? State climatologist Larry O'Neill says there's a distinct possibility. opb.org/article/2026/0… @ORClimateSvc

What makes the Fire Program Analysis Fire-Occurrence Database (Short 2022) even better? An additional 270 attributes associated with each of the >2M wildfires it documents. Learn more about the augmented data, led by @YPourmohamad and @SadeghMojtaba, here: mailchi.mp/blm/friday-fla…

Snow drought in the western United States is the present. Is it also the future? nytimes.com/2026/02/01/sci…. .

Thanks to @FireScienceGOV for highlighting this work led by our colleagues @YPourmohamad and @SadeghMojtaba on predicting where and when human-caused wildfire ignitions are most likely across the western United States. mailchi.mp/blm/friday-fla…

Oregon Climate Service director and state climatologist Larry O'Neill featured in this new podcast on Oregon's snow conditions and 2025 climate. soundcloud.com/oregonoutdoors… @OSUCEOAS

A major step in marine conservation nytimes.com/2026/01/17/cli…

#Drought in 2025 in 14 Graphics: drought.gov/news/drought-2… Nice work @NOAADrought

What's "snow water equivalent," and how does it affect Oregon's water supply? The USDA Northwest Climate Hub explains. climatehubs.usda.gov/hubs/northwest…