Office of the Washington State Climatologist

OR/WA Water Year 2022 Recap & 2023 Outlook Meeting

October 25-26, 2022

The NOAA NIDIS-sponsored Oregon-Washington Water Year 2022 Recap and 2023 Outlook Meeting was a virtual workshop held over two mornings to review the climate events and impacts of the 2022 water year, provide forecast information for the upcoming water year, and learn about other monitoring efforts and new, related research on local impacts.

Links to presentations in .pdf form are provided for the those that agreed to share. Please attribute any information within the slides to the presenter listed.

Day 1 October 25, 2022
9:00 am Welcome and Objectives: Karin Bumbaco, Office of the WA State Climatologist, UW
9:15 am Opening Remarks: Joe Casola, NOAA Western RCSD
2022 Water Year Impacts
9:25 am Survey Results: Annual PNW Water Year Impacts Survey & CMOR: Crystal Raymond, Climate Impacts Groups, UW
9:40 am 2022 Water Year Impacts and Responses Discussion: Breakout Group Discussion
2022 Water Year Climate Recap, Impacts, and Responses
10:05 am Oregon & Washington Water Year 2022 Climate Recap: Karin Bumbaco, Office of the WA State Climatologist, UW
10:35 am 2022 Water Year Impacts and Responses Discussion Report Out: Group Discussion
10:50 am Break
2021 and 2022 Water Year Impacts and Responses
10:55 am 2021 and 2022 Water Year Impacts and Response Actions for Multiple Sectors

– Nooksack Salmon Recovery perspective on fall flooding and summer low flows: Michael Maudlin, Nooksack Indian Tribe
– Multi-year forestry impacts: Danny DePinte, U.S. Forest Service PNW Region
– Apples and cherries: Bernardita Sallato, Washington State University
– Water Supply: Josh Bailey, North Unit Irrigation District
12:00 pm Q&A with Panel Participants
12:25 pm Wrap Up and Close: Karin Bumbaco, Office of the WA State Climatologist, UW
Day 2 October 26, 2022
9:00 am Welcome, Objectives, and Overview of Day 1: Crystal Raymond, Climate Impacts Group, UW
2023 Climate Outlook
9:15 am The 2022-2023 Winter Outlook: Treena Jensen, NOAA National Weather Service Portland
9:45 am Likelihood of Drought Recovery: Larry O’Neill, Oregon Climate Service, OSU
10:00 am Climate Outlook Q&A
10:05 am 2023 Snowpack Challenge: Jeff Marti, WA Department of Ecology
Climate Projections and Increasing Resilience
10:10 am 2022 conditions and CMIP6 projections: Matt Rogers, Climate Impacts Group, UW
10:25 am WA Water Systems Plan Review: Erica Asinas, Climate Impacts Group, UW
10:40 am Long-term Resilience Actions Discussion: Group Discussion
Monitoring, Long-term Trends, and the 2021 Heat Wave
11:10 am Sensitivity of Puget Sound’s marine water quality to physical conditions: Natalie Coleman, WA Dept. of Ecology
11:25 am Could we have foreseen the possibility of the 2021 Portland heatwave?: Nels Bjarke, University of Colorado Boulder
11:45 am Climate vulnerability of fish in southern Oregon: Joe Benjamin, Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, USGS
12:05 pm Wrap Up and Close: Crystal Raymond, Climate Impacts Group, UW
Logos for UW's Office of the WA State Climatologist, UW's Climate Impacts Group, and NOAA's National Integrated Drought Information System.

The meeting was organized by UW’s Climate Impacts Group and UW’s Office of the Washington State Climatologist, and sponsored by the NOAA National Integrated Drought Information System. Planning committee participation was also generously provided by:

Karin Bumbaco (OWSC, UW)
Stefanie Krantz (Nez Perce Tribe)
Jeff Marti (WA ECY)
Anam Mehta (CIG, UW)
Larry O’Neill (OSU)
Britt Parker (NIDIS)
Holly Prendeville (USDA NW Climate Hub)
Crystal Raymond (CIG, UW)

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