Hydrology and Climate Websites For Runoff and Hydrogeneration Forecasts

• Calfornia Department of Water Resources - California Data Exchange Center
  http://cdec.water.ca.gov/
• Executive Summary of Hydrologic Conditions in California
  http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/reports/EXECSUM
• Seasonal Runoff Forecasts (Issued by California Cooperative Snow Surveys)
  http://cdec.water.ca.gov/water_supply.html
• California Statewide Water Conditions
  http://cdec.water.ca.gov/water_cond.html


• National Weather Service climate prediction center has predictors and conditions, and a suite of weather-related outlooks and forecasts.
  http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/
• U.S. Drought Monitor:
  http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html then scroll down to 12-week animation.
• The latest seasonal outlook from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA):
  http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/seasonal_drought.html
• River runoff forecasts for the Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, published electronically three times a month ("Early Bird", Mid-Month, and Final). Other links summarize PNW weather to date for the water year from Oct 1: rainfall, snowpacks, temperatures, and stream flows.
  http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/water_supply/ws_fcst.cgi
• Seasonal runoff volumes at The Dalles Dam on the Columbia River:
  http://www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/wsfcst/station/wsfplot/wsfplot.cgi?TDAO3