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1 The MTNCLIM Year: Western Climate in Perspective Kelly T. Redmond Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute Reno Nevada HJ Andrews LTER, Blue River OR 7-10 June 2010

2 Spring 2009 June 2009

3 July 2009 August 2009

4 Summer 2009

5 19 August 2009

6 La Canada 2009 August 28 1:35 pm

7 2009 August 29 Genero Molina, Los Angeles Times

8 2009 August 29 Tivor the Browncoat

9 Station Fire 2009 August 29

10 2009 August 30 Jonathan Alcorn

11 Station Fire 2009 August 30

12 2009 August 31 Ken Hively Los Angeles Times

13 2009 August 31 Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times

14 2009 August 31 Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times

15 2009 Sep GMT Water Vapor Station Fire Plume

16 Jimena 2009 Sep kt 931 mb

17 Historic Mount Wilson 2009 September 2 Saved. Yay!

18 September 2009 October 2009

19 Water Year 2009 Oct 2008 Thru Sep 2009

20 Water Year Oct-Sep Precip California Statewide 1895/96 thru 2008/09

21 November 2007 Autumn 2009

22 Reno 2009 Nov 20

23 December 2009 January 2010

24 Western United States (11 states) Annual Jan-Dec Temperature Provisional data from NCDC / CPC. Blue: 11-year running mean. Units: Deg F. Data source NOAA cooperative network, thru Dec Annual Mean Temperature ( F ) Year Western Regional Climate Center

25 Thru Dec 2009 NOAA National Climatic Data Center

26 United States Annual Temperature Departure from Mean NOAA Divisional Data, Western Regional Climate Center, Plotted by ESRL PSD

27 United States Annual Temperature Departure from Mean Absolute units (Degrees F) Standardized units (std deviations) NOAA Divisional Data, Western Regional Climate Center, Plotted by ESRL PSD

28 Number of U.S. Wildland Fires through 2009 (numbers after 1990 adjusted by NIFC in 2007) Number of Fires Year Western Regional Climate Center Source: National Interagency Fire Center

29 Acres burned U.S. Fires through December 31, Values after 1990 adjusted by NIFC in Number of acres Year Western Regional Climate Center Source: National Interagency Fire Center

30 Five-day total Ending 2010 Jan 22 Burned late Aug And early Sept 2009

31 February 2010 Winter 2010

32 Mt Waterman From Victorville 2010 February 04 Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times

33 Snow in all Continental states But Not Mauna Kea 2010 Feb 13

34 March 2010 April 2010

35 May 2010 Spring 2010

36 Water Year Temperature Departure 2009 October 1 thru 2010 June 3

37 Last 30 days thru 2010 June 3

38 Select: Blue River area, 12 months ending in Dec, Temperature 0 C, 9-year running mean.

39 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Annual through 2009.

40 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Winter thru 2010.

41 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Spring thru 2010.

42 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. May thru 2010.

43 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. April-May thru 2010.

44 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Summer thru 2009.

45

46 Mountain Snowpack Percent of Average 2010 Mar 1 and May 1 NRCS

47 Streamflow forecasts from NRCS March May 1

48 Lake Powell Storage Through June 3, 2010 Currently 60 % full (June 3, 2010) Minimum: 33 % full on April 8, 2005

49 Lake Powell Elevation Through June 3, 2010 Water level on June 3, 2010 was ft, ft below full. Minimum level on April 8, 2005 was 3555 ft, -145 ft below full. Source:

50 Mount Hood, Oregon 5400 ft

51 Wallowa Mountains, Northeast Oregon 7410 feet

52 San Juan Mountains, Southwest Colorado 11,200 feet

53 White Mountains, Mogollon Rim, Northeast Arizona 9020 feet

54 Through May 2010 El Nino La Nina NOAA ESRL ( CDC ), Wolter and Timlin

55 Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies ( C ) 2010 May NOAA ESRL ( CDC )

56 Recent Evolution of Equatorial Pacific SST Departures Updated through 2010 May 23-29

57 Reno Wind Storm 2009 Nov 20

58 Bango Nevada 2009 Nov 20

59 Mount Warren 2009 Nov 20

60 Mount Warren 2009 Nov 20

61 Mt Warren Summit Station 12,327 ft

62 Mt. Warren ft / 3757 m 10-Minute Wind Gusts 2009 Sep Jun 5

63 Mt. Warren ft / 3757 m 10-Minute Mean Temperature 2009 Sep Jun 5

64 Pt Reyes Lighthouse Rock Elev 526 ft

65 Point Reyes Loading up on Wind 2010 Feb 04

66 Point Reyes 2010 Feb 04 Wind Rise Then Drop

67 Highlands Big Sur 2470 ft Wind Oscillation

68 90-day Average winds 250 mb 2009 Nov Feb 11

69 Reno Sunrise 2010 Mar 27

70 11 February 2010 Folks, if you look out the left side of the plane Montserrat Mary Jo Penkala

71 2010 February 11

72 2010 April Z Wave Clouds

73 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Zuma Press

74 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Iceland Coast Guard

75 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Iceland Coast Guard

76 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Iceland Coast Guard

77 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15

78 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15

79 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15

80 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15

81 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15

82 San Juan Mountains April 2010

83 Orographic Clouds GOES Visible 2010 May GMT

84 Mackenzie Pass 2010 May feet of snow At summit

85 Central Cascade Range, Western Oregon 4770 feet Max depth 95

86 Percent of Average Precipitation Water Year To Date 01 Oct 2009 thru 13 Apr 2010

87 Temperature Departure Water Year To Date 01 Oct 2009 thru 13 Apr 2010

88 Temperature Departure April to Date 01 Apr 2010 thru 13 Apr 2010

89 Tmin Ranks May 2010 Tmax Ranks John Abatzoglou

90 Temperature Departure from Climatology 700 mb (10,000 ft) Apr Sep 2009 Oct Mar

91 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009 Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010 Apr 2010 May 2010 Temperature Departure from Climatology 700 mb / 10,000 feet Winter

92 Winter Dec-Jan-Feb Temperature Departure at 700 mb ( 10,000 feet)

93 500 mb (18,000 ft) Height Departure from Average. 180 days ending 12 April 2010

94 Global Surface Temperature Departure (C) 180 Days Ending 12 April 2010

95 Sea Ice Extent 2010 June 3 NSIDC

96 As of 3 June 2010

97 April Lowest North American Snow Cover for April

98 Apr-May 2010 Temperature Departure at 700 mb ( 10,000 feet)

99 Daily Global Temperature from Microwave Sounding Unit, Ch 5, 4.4 km. University of Alabama Huntsville. Roy Spencer

100 Daily Global Temperature from Microwave Sounding Unit, Ch 5, 4.4 km. University of Alabama Huntsville. Roy Spencer

101 Jan-May C Jan-May C (same within error) University of Alabama Huntsville. Roy Spencer

102 Surface Observations Thru April 2010 NCDC

103 In the news Sub-Sea Blow Out Preventer (BOP)

104 Mt. St. Helens May 17. Harry Glicken (USGS) * * Killed by pyroclastic flow, Mt Unzen, 1991, along with Katja and Maurice Krafft.

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108

109 0845 am 0915 am 0945 am 1335 pm

110 Spirit Lake. Before.

111 Spirit Lake. After.

112 Apollo 8, Christmas Eve, 1968.

113 Change happens. LANDSAT

114 Change happens some more. In 2010, tallest trees about 70 feet. Nothing is constant except change.

115 Mount Everest. The Highest Spot on Earth.

116 Hubble Space Telescope Supernova 1987a Eta Carina

117 Earth and Moon taken by Galileo Spacecraft on the way to Jupiter 1992 December 30

118 Annual Tmax Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou

119 Annual Tmin Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou

120 Annual Tmax Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou

121 Annual Tmin Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou

122 Cold air pooling and inversions. Colored terrain above typical inversion depth. PRISM input. PRISM Overview Courtesy Chris Daly

123 MTNCLIM America s Largest Rain Gauge

124

125 Drainage Divide Radius 4.64 km Ring width 530 m Crater Lake Radius 4.11 km 78.5 % of basin Ring area is 27.4 % of lake area

126 Munson Valley. Park HQ Climate Station

127 100 Crater Lake Annual Water Level Change, Cleetwood Cove. Park Headquarters Oct-Sept Precipitation, Lake Level Change ( cm ) LLC = * P HQ N = 42 r = r 2 = Mean = Park Headquarters Precipitation ( cm )

128 Surface Water Elevation (cm above 6175') Crater Lake Water Elevation (Adjusted to Sept 30) Referenced to Nominal Elevation of 6175 feet MSL Year Western Regional Climate Center

129 Level (cm above m / 6175 ft ) Crater Lake Water Level, Observed and Reconstructed Sep 30. Reconstruction using 2004 coefficients from 1931 onward, coefficients from 1990 prior. Prospect infill. Fixed point Observed Reconstructed Year Western Regional Climate Center

130 Water Level 60 hours ending June 5, 2020 Noon

131 Daily midnight water level from 2009 Sep 01 thru 2010 June 4

132 Crater Lake Buoy Station days ending 2010 Jun 5 Water Temp ( F ) Air Temp ( F )

133

134 Thank You Crater Lake, Oregon

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