Weather and Wine

Operational Meteorologist Michael Fagin experience in weather forecasting for  the wine industry. Also professional presentations and articles published on weather and how climate change is impacting the wine industry.

PRECISIONFORECASTING.COM Currently providing  weather forecasts for Napa/Sonoma California. This includes 5 day forecast and extended 30 day outlooks.  Also providing for the Greater Portland Area and south into the wine growing regions of the Willamette Valley. I have been doing these forecasts since 2003.

West Coast Weather Currently provide custom forecasts on request for wine regions in Eastern Washington, and Oregon.


Presentations
2018 in Walla Walla, WA at the Wine Blogger Conference. Talk on Wildfires and Impacts on Wine Industry

2016 in Lodi, CA talk on Climate Change (US) and Impacts on Wine Industry.

Papers
A meteorologist's perspective on Madeira wine and its climate, 2018 posed on Around the World in 80 Harvests

Weather trends & climate change in Walla Walla: Washington wine guide, 2018 posted on Around the World in 80 Harvests

Extended 30 Day Outlook, Napa/Sonoma and other key growing areas in California, 2018

California Water Shortage, 2018

West Coast Wildfires, 2016