Announcing the Sub-Seasonal Climate Forecast Rodeo!
The Bureau of Reclamation is launching a forecasting prize competition toward improved sub-seasonal forecasting. Competitors submit forecasts of temperature and precipitation for one year, competing in real-time against other teams, as well as official forecasts from NOAA. For more information, see https://www.usbr.gov/research/challenges/forecastrodeo.html.
![NWS Precipitation Analysis](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170119005119im_/https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/grid-blocks/dmt-temp-nwsprecepanalysis.jpg?hash=c1f079c6)
Current and archived precip analysis at different timescales. (Click for actual conditions)
![Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Temperatures](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170119005119im_/https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/grid-blocks/dmt-temp-spi.jpg?hash=275afda7)
Tool generates precipitation temperature maps for different locations and timescales. (Click for actual conditions)
![Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170119005119im_/https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/grid-blocks/dmt-temp-quantprecip.jpg?hash=c3b142fd)
Select forecast maps for total precipitation over different timescales. (Click for actual conditions)
![Weather Service National Forecast Maps](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170119005119im_/https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/grid-blocks/dmt-temp-wsnforecastmaps.jpg?hash=2607598a)
Wide selection of maps includes forecasts for temperature and precipitation for next 12 hours to 6 days. (Click for more resources)
![Regional Climate Maps](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170119005119im_/https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/grid-blocks/dmt-temp-regionalclimatemaps.jpg?hash=516e5f4f)
Weekly, one-, three- and 12-month maps depicting precip totals, maximum and minimum temperatures, and departures from normal. (Click for more resources)
![Outlooks from the Climate Prediction Center](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170119005119im_/https://www.drought.gov/drought/sites/drought.gov.drought/files/grid-blocks/dmt-temp-outlooksclimatepred.jpg?hash=a85998bd)
Probabilities of above- or below-normal temperature and precipitation. (Click for more resources)
Interactive tool for users to select and compare layers of climate data, including temperature and precipitation, at national to local scales.