Willcox, AZ - May 28, 2015

As a follow-up to the ‘Farm and Ranch Weather and Climate Workshop’ held last year, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension and the National Weather Service – Tucson Forecast Office conducted another morning-long training workshop focused on information sources, tools and strategies to monitor and
manage weather and climate extremes that can impact agricultural operations. Workshop materials  and updates are posted on this web page.

Workshop Announcement

Presentations

• Ag-weather Partnership Project Update - (E. French)

• Severe Weather 101 (E. French, E. Boyle)

• An Overview of Weather Stations (P. Brown)

• Temperature and Precipitation Outlooks (L. Carlaw)
  

Key web links

• How to build a hail pad (CoCoRAHS)

• Siting and maintenance of weather stations (UofA Extension)

• Overview of Citizen Weather Observer Program (NOAA-NWS)

• Custom weather tables and point forecast matrix (NOAA-NWS)