At the beginning of 2025, in cooperation with the Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO), we updated the DroughtWatch application, which is intended for monitoring drought in the eastern part of Europe. It is based on an extensive set of agrometeorological data and satellite imagery, which enables spatially precise and reliable assessment of drought conditions.
Due to increasingly hot and dry summers, access to up to date information is becoming essential. DroughtWatch provides users with a clear overview of drought intensity, including data from March 2025 onward. In addition to showing current conditions, it also offers drought forecasts up to one week in advance. The information is presented in the form of images, animations and graphs.
The application integrates various datasets and indices, such as vegetation and drought indices, as well as precipitation and temperature data and estimated drought impacts. The system was originally developed within the DriDanube project, where it was available at the web address droughtwatch.eu.
In 2025, the portal was comprehensively redesigned within the Clim4Cast project and upgraded with new data layers. Clim4Cast provides tools for monitoring and forecasting drought (simulated soil moisture anomalies), heat waves (heat index and universal thermal climate index) and wildfires (fire weather index and fuel moisture). The new version of the portal was developed and is maintained by the company GeoCodis.