Willcox, AZ - June 12, 2014

University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and the National Weather Service – Tucson Forecast office sponsored a morning long training workshop on weather and climate information focused on supporting agricultural and resource management decision- making. Workshop materials  and updates are posted on this web page.

• Arizona Meteorological Network (P. Brown)
• Overview of National Weather Service - Tucson Office (J.J. Brost)
• NOAA/NWS Ag Weather Programs and Products (J. Meadows)
• Tracking climate and drought across SE Arizona (M. Crimmins)
  

• National Weather Service Forecast User Defined Forecast Area: Online tool that allows a user to get a forecast for an area they design
• Tucson Forecast Office - National Weather Service Main Page: Home page for all forecast information and tools for southeast Arizona
• National Weather Service - Weather Activity Planner: Generate custom forecast for specific weather variables and user defined areas
• Vegetation Impact Program: Tools to track freezing events, drought risk, and other weather/climate related impacts to agriculture. 
• NWS Experimental Reference Crop Evapotranspiration Tool: Fine-scale forecasts of ET across southeast Arizona
• Arizona Meteorological Network: Near-real time weather information and custom decision support products for agricultural and water resources managment
• WestWide Drought Tracker: Climate and drought monitoring maps and custom time series tools to track drought conditions across the western U.S.
• DroughtView: Tool to access and visualize maps and time series animations of remotely sensed 'greenness' or vegetation condition information
• Multi-scale drought plots: Experimental plots that visualize both short and long-term drought conditions across Arizona and New Mexico
• Monsoon summary plots: Experimental plots that track mulitiple elements of monsoon season precipitation including timing, intensity, and cumulative amounts