Nebraska Climate Watch
Current Conditions
The U.S. Drought
Monitor is a comprehensive way of tracking drought in the United States. This product is
updated each Thursday morning.
The Nebraska State
Climate Office is home to the State Climatologist and houses a variety of informative
products and links to weather resources for the state.
Nebraska's Interactive
Weather Information Network from the National Weather Service provides a look at hourly
reports, statewide forecasts, weather watches/warnings, and other vital information.
Nebraska Weather and
Climate is another great resource for both past and present conditions for the state.
High Plains Climate
Center's Automated Weather Data Network (AWDN) and other climate related
products.
NETV Drought
and Water Rights Web Site.
Forecasts
Climate Prediction Center
Forecast Products include 6-10 day, monthly, and seasonal long-range outlooks
Monthly
Precipitation and Temperature forecasts based on soil moisture
Omaha/Valley NWS Forecast Office
Hastings NWS Forecast Office
North Platte NWS Forecast Office
Cheyenne NWS Forecast Office
Forest Service's Wildland Fire
Assessment Sysytem
Indices
Monthly Standardized Precipitation Index
(SPI) Maps from the National Drought Mitigation Center
CPC's Weekly Palmer Drought Index Map
C
PC's Palmer Drought Information Tables
The U.S. Forest Service's Keetch-Byram
Drought Index is used for fire potential purposes
Water Resources
USGS Water Resources of
Nebraska
Missouri River Basin River Forecast
Center
Snow Data in the Missouri River
Basin
Bureau of Reclamation Hydrological Information for
Nebraska
Crop and Soil Moisture Information
Weekly Crop Moisture Index Map
Current Soil
Moisture Anomalies are updeated daily by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
Soil Moisture Forecasts from the CPC
Nebraska Agricultural Statistics
Service's Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
(JAWF)
NOAA Experimental Soil Moisture Map
USDA/NASS's Top Soil Moisture
and Days Suitable for Fieldwork Map
Other
Forest Service's Wildland Fire Assessment
System
El Niño's effects on Nebraska
National Climatic Data Center's Climatic Extremes and Weather Events
Site is worth a visit.
What is El Niño?
What is La
Niña?
CALMIT's
Nebraska from Space: Daily satellite imagery derived products are located here.
NOAA's National Climatic
Data Center (NCDC) is the country's weather data archiving and distribution center.
Natural
Resources Conservation Service's Western Water Supply Outlook: Look for valuable
information here from October through May.
For more information, please contact the Nebraska Department of Agriculture at (402)
471-2341 and ask for the Climate Assessment and Response Committee Coordinator.
