To present information on possible El Nino impacts on Idaho, especially on the use of the forecasts in planning. The Bureau of Reclamation, Idaho Power and Intermountain Gas are joining in sponsoring this forum because of the importance of planning for El Nino impacts on water, power and energy production and use. The forum is being coordinated and organized by the State Climate Services, a program of the University of Idaho Cooperative Extension System. Lay and professional people interested in the impacts of El Nino on the weather and water resources of Idaho. A short intro defining El Nino.
Recent climate forecasts for Idaho.
A registration fee will be charged to defray expenses. Speaker biographical info and address, etc. Dr. Kelly Redmond was born in Wausau, Wisconsin, and raised in southwest Montana near Bozeman. Since 1989 he has been the Regional Climatologist at the Western Regional Climate Center in Reno, and Deputy Director since 1992. His interests and responsibilities span all climate-related issues which affect the 11 westernmost continental states, Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands.