Forecasts and Outlooks

Intermountain West Climate Summary

Current and Anticipated Precipitation Anomalies over the U.S.  Gary Bates
The purpose of this website is to monitor current and anticipated precipitation anomalies over the contiguous United States. Anticipated precipitation anomalies are those which might be expected over approximately the next 2 weeks to 6 months, based on operational or experimental forecasts.

Colorado (and Interior Southwest) forecasts (experimental guidance) Klaus Wolter
This website consists of six parts: Status and Outlook for ENSO (El Niño/Southern Oscillation), the most important global climate variability factor on year-to-year time scales; background information on regional climate variability of the interior western U.S., and pertinent ENSO associations; “official" CPC (Climate Prediction Center) forecasts; experimental seasonal forecasts for precipitation in the interior western U.S.; discussion of rainfall forecasts, and useful links to shorter-term forecasts; and executive summary of this webpage.