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OPERATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT DECISION SUPPORT

AWARDS - NEXRAD - ET Toolbox

NEXRAD Precipitation and ET Products
 (Click in colored project areas below)

http://www.usbr.gov/pmts/rivers/awards
Current and Forecast Weather Information

NWS Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN)
Enhanced Graphics version (auto updating)

HPC National Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Graphics
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4-5

Medium Range Forecasts from the HPC
Maximum Temperature - Minimum Temperature - Probability of Precipitation
Day 3 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 4 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 5 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 6 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 7 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts

Maps and Graphs of Water Resources Conditions

Current U.S. Water Watch from the USGS (Real Time)

Current U.S. Drought Monitor from the CPC (Updated Weekly)

U.S. Drought Monitor: Current Conditions from the CPC
(Palmer Drought Severity Index, Crop Mointure Index, Standardized Precipitation Index, Drought Impacts in the U.S., Percent of Normal Rainfall, Daily Streamflow Map, Snowpack, Soil Moisture)

U.S. Drought Monitor: Forecasts from the CPC
(Climate Outlooks, Seasonal Drought Outlook, Streamflow Forecast, Forecast Palmer Drought Severity Index, Soil Moisture Forecasts)

Related Links
  • Publications on the AWARDS system, ET Toolbox and NEXRAD/WSR-88D Precipitation Accumulation Algorithm
  • GoTo NEXRAD/WSR-88D Snow Accumulation Algorithm products
  • GoTo River Systems & Meteorology Group Home Page
  • GoTo Ground Water & Drainage Group Home Page
  • GoTo Bureau of Reclamation Data Web
  • GoTo Map of NWS Forecast Offices
  • GoTo Map of National Doppler Radar Sites
Explanations of AWARDS, NEXRAD, ET Toolbox, and how they work!

AWARDS - Agricultural WAter Resources Decision Support system
NEXRAD - NEXt generation weather RADar precipitation estimates
ET Toolbox - Documentation of the EvapoTranspiration Toolbox for the Middle Rio Grande (pdf version)
AWARDS/ET Toolbox Changes - Recent changes to the AWARDS and EvapoTranspiration Toolbox for the Middle Rio Grande

Send comments, questions, suggestions to:

Tom Pruitt (tpruitt@do.usbr.gov) 303-445-2512
Civil Engineer, Ground Water & Drainage Group
Richard Stodt (rstodt@do.usbr.gov) 303-445-2474

Bureau of Reclamation
Technical Service Center
Denver, Colorado

Page Last Modified on 22 May 2003