Office of the Washington State Climatologist

OR/WA Water Year 2024 Recap & 2025 Outlook Meeting

October 29-30, 2024

The NOAA NIDIS-sponsored Oregon-Washington Water Year 2024 Recap and 2025 Outlook Meeting was a virtual workshop held over two mornings to review the climate events, impacts of, and responses to the 2024 water year, provide forecast information for the upcoming water year, and learn from others through group discussion.

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 29, 2024
9:00 am Welcome and Objectives: Karin Bumbaco, Office of the WA State Climatologist, UW
9:10 am Opening Remarks:
Representative Ybarra, Washington State 13th District
2024 Water Year Impacts
9:20 am Oregon & Washington Water Year 2024 Climate Recap: Guillaume Mauger, WA State Climatologist
2024 Water Year Impacts and Responses
10:00 am Survey Results: Annual PNW Water Year Impacts Survey: Karin Bumbaco, Washington State Climate Office
10:20 am Break
10:30 am 2024 Water Year Impacts and Responses Discussion: Breakout Group Discussions
Collaboration for Increasing Resilience
11:15 am Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement: Michael Garrity, Special Assistant, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
11:35 am Partnering on Dungeness Drought Response: Shawn Hines, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
11:55 am Wrap Up and Close: Karin Bumbaco, Washington State Climate Office, UW
Day 2 October 30, 2024
9:00 am Welcome, Objectives, and Recap of Day 1: Guillaume Mauger, Washington State Climatologist
9:10 am Opening Remarks:
Representative Helm, Oregon House District 27
Harmony Burright, Chief of Staff
2024 Water Year Impacts and Responses
9:25 am 2024 Water Year Impacts and Response Actions for Multiple Sectors

– WA/OR 2024 Water Year Hydropower Impacts: Vince Tidwell, Pacific Northwest National Lab
– The Deschutes Basin Succeeding in the face of Drought: Craig Horrell, Central Oregon Irrigation District
– Washington’s Fish and Wildlife story as told by water in 2024: Jeremy Cram, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
10:15 am Q&A with Panel Participants
10:35 am 2025 Snowpack Challenge: Caroline Mellor, WA Department of Ecology
10:40 am Break
2024 Forecast Retrospective and 2025 Climate Outlook
10:50 am How did the Climate Prediction Center seasonal outlooks do?: Larry O’Neill, Oregon State Climatologist
11:00 am Streamflow forecasts: how did we do in 2024?: Amy Burke, NOAA Northwest River Forecast Center
11:15 am The 2024-2025 Winter Outlook: Charlotte Dewey, NOAA National Weather Service Spokane
11:45 am Session Q&A
11:55 am Wrap Up and Close: Karin Bumbaco, Washington State Climate Office, 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)
Lisa Colligan (CIG, UW)
Jason Gerlich (NIDIS)
Cameron Greenwood (OR Water Resources Department)
Stefanie Krantz (Nez Perce Tribe Water Resources Division)
Caroline Mellor (WA Department of Ecology)
Larry O’Neill (OSU)
Holly Prendeville (USDA NW Climate Hub)