Author: Kathie Dello

Kathie Dello is CIRC’s Coping With Drought expert (aka CIRC’s de facto “Drought Czar”). When she’s not Coping With Drought, Kathie works as the Associate Director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI) and the Deputy Director of the Oregon Climate Service while simultaneously pursuing her PhD in Environmental Sciences at Oregon State University. Kathie’s work includes climate impacts analysis, climate adaptation, state agency engagement, and public outreach for both CIRC and OCCRI. A media maven, you can find Kathie on twitter and read her blogs on drought and climate at WXshift. Follow her on Twitter @KathieDelllo.

The Water Year’s Long, Cold, and Wet Goodbye Kiss to the Drought

This year’s weird winter weather and the end of the drought.

Wettest Winter

Following an historic drought, some areas of the Northwest are seeing their wettest winters on record.

Warmest Year On Record

Last year Oregon and Washington experienced their warmest year on record. Here’s what we know about 2015’s anything-but-normal climate.

What to Expect From This Year’s El Niño

This winter’s El Niño is poised to be one of the strongest yet recorded. Here’s what that might mean for the Northwest.

This Year’s Drought, A Slow-Moving Disaster

Drought is a slow-moving disaster. Set into motion well before its impacts are fully realized, drought creeps along at a low rumble, until the evitable outcome results. This is more or less where the Northwest is at right now. We’re bracing for the impacts of exceptionally low snowpack and also what is likely to be…