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SCIPP recently partnered with the City of Shreveport to host an Extreme Weather and Resilience Workshop. During this two-day workshop, SCIPP team members and city leaders discussed the various weather-related risks impacting Shreveport, potential preparation and response tactics, and mitigation opportunities. Shreveport indicated concern for heavy precipitation, extreme temperatures, and damaging winds. On the first […]

Gain Professional Experience & Help Organizations Address Weather & Climate Challenges The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP), a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) team, is thrilled to announce a 10-week summer internship opportunity for Sophomore and Junior students at the University of Oklahoma during Summer 2025. The goal of this internship is to provide […]

SCIPP Director, Rachel Riley, recently presented at the National Weather Center (NWC) Colloquium. Her presentation, “Increasing the Utility of Meteorological and Climatological Information for Non-Academic Audiences,” sought to inform listeners of the shortcomings that limit the impact of meteorological and climatological information and offer potential solutions. After providing a brief overview of the weather and […]

Between January 21 and 22, a winter storm moved through the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving several inches of snow and cold temperatures in its wake. SCIPP Research Associate, Derek Thompson, and Co-PI, Dr. Vincent Brown, prepared a report detailing preliminary snowfall totals and minimum temperatures from this event. From this report, they found that an […]

SCIPP works to understand the impacts of climate variability and change across the south-central U.S. This includes studying how cities are preparing to handle the challenges associated with climate change, while also building capacity and creating resources on climate hazards. Ph.D. student Olivia VanBuskirk, Suraya Yamada-Sapien (University of Oklahoma) and Co-PI Dr. Lauren Mullenbach, turn […]

Strengthen Your Organization’s Ability to Address Weather & Climate Challenges The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP), a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) team, is thrilled to announce an opportunity to host an undergraduate student intern for 10 weeks during Summer 2025. This internship presents a unique opportunity for non-profits, city or county government offices, […]

Climate Smart Communities Initiative The Climate Smart Communities Initiative (CSCI) supports local leaders and adaptation professionals in advancing climate resilience plans and projects in communities across the U.S. The initiative is managed by multiple partners, including the Climate Resilience Fund, EcoAdapt, Fernleaf, Geos Institute, ICF, and the Environment, Equity, and Justice Center at the Natural Resources Defense […]

SCIPP recently developed a new tool, the County-Level Minimum Temperature Explorer (CMinTEx), that analyzes several variables related to minimum temperature. The following variables are analyzed for the contiguous U.S. from 1951 to the near present: This tool can be used alongside SCIPP’s Temperature Trends Dashboard and allows for five counties to be selected at a time. The […]

The article “Stalling North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones” was recently published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. In this study, SCIPP investigators Dr. Vincent Brown, Derek Thompson, and Dr. Barry Keim, in collaboration with Louisiana State University researcher Dr. Jill Trepanier and Texas A&M’s Dr. John Nielson-Gammon, created a new definition for what constitutes […]

SCIPP investigators Dr. Vincent Brown, Derek Thompson, Anna Sitzman, and Dr. Barry Keim recently published an article titled “Rainfall analysis of the May 2021 southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana flood” in Physical Geography. The paper discusses the synoptic setting of the historic rainfall event, which produced 15-19.8 inches of rain across eastern Texas and southern […]

On August 13-14, SCIPP participated in the Oklahoma City Extreme Heat Tabletop Exercise led by NOAA, the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS), and the City of Oklahoma City. The exercise brought together several city, county, and state departments/entities, academia, local community organizations and non-profits, healthcare representatives, and utility companies with a stake/role in […]

SCIPP’s 2023-2024 Annual Report is now available! SCIPP strives to produce research, tools, and knowledge that aid organizations and communities in the South-Central United States in making decisions that increase resiliency and reduce impacts in the face of a changing climate. The Annual Report details some of SCIPP’s work throughout the past year, providing updates […]