National Weather Service Climate

Drought Outlook

The National Weather Service (NWS) is the NOAA line office responsible for climate prediction (forecasts beyond day-to-day weather prediction). Currently these forecasts extend out to one year. NWS is also responsible for the real-time monitoring and assessment of climate variability, for taking many of the observations necessary for monitoring and predicting U.S. climate variability, and for working with customers from national to local levels to ensure that their forecast needs are met. Overall responsibility for coordination of climate services rests with the Climate Services Division (CSD) while research, product development, and production takes place at the Climate Prediction Center (CPC).

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