Red River Basin Disaster Information Network
On-Line Workshop
March 23, 2000 -- 12:00 Noon CST

Spring Flood Outlook 2000

Mark Ewens
National Weather Service, Grand Forks

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Each Spring, on both sides of the border, flood outlooks are prepared and issued to the public for the purpose of providing guidance to those who must contend with the potential hazard. This year, the outlook is unfavorable for major flooding, which is very good news. But do we have sufficient understanding of how the outlooks and forecasts are prepared, and exactly what they mean?

Mark Ewens will provide current outlook information, discuss what improvements are in the works, and answer your flood forecasting questions.

NCRFC Spring Outlook, Graphic
Manitoba Spring Flood Prospects, Graphic

NWS Grand Forks Hydrology Page
Advanced Hydrologic Prediction System (AHPS)
NCRFC AHPS Page

Hydrologic Forecast Procedures and Spring Flood Outlooks for the Upper Midwest (html)

Comparing Various Methods for the Regionalization of Model Parameters in the Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model (html)

About Mark Ewens
Mark Ewens served with the U. S. Air Force from May 1974 until September
1983 as a weather forecaster/observer. He joined the National Weather Service during 1983, as a meteorologist technician in Fargo. He moved to Grand Forks in September '95 to serve as Data Acquisition Program Manager.

Mark attended North Dakota State university in Fargo, majoring in Soil Sciences
with an emphasis in climatology. He is married with five sons ranging in age from 2 -10.