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National Snow and Ice Data Center Snow Today

Snow Today updates daily images on snow conditions and relevant data, and also provides monthly scientific analyses from January to May, or more frequently as conditions warrant. The National Snow and Ice Data Center is part of CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder. 

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
other
Data Type
Land-based Station
Satellite

National Water Dashboard

The National Water Dashboard is an interactive map viewer that shows provisional real-time water data from more than 13,000 USGS observation stations in context with weather-related data from other public sources.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
Data Type
Land-based Station

National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) Quantitative Precipitation Estimates

The National Weather Service's National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) provides short-term observed and climatic trends of precipitation across the lower 48 United States (CONUS), Puerto Rico, and Alaska.

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
File Format
shapefile
geotiff
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station
Radar
Satellite

National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) River Gauge Observations/Forecasts and Flood Outlooks

The National Weather Service's National Water Prediction Service (NWPS) provides river stage observations and forecasts and long-range river flood outlooks across the lower 48 United States, Puerto Rico, and Alaska. 

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Forecasts
File Format
shapefile
Data Type
Land-based Station