gis in the national weather service jason m. straub national weather service brownsville
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GIS in the National Weather Service
GIS in the National Weather Service
Jason M. StraubNational Weather Service Brownsville
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Offices
Internal Use:Radar Operations Center: Wind Turbine Impacts to Doppler Weather RadarGIS use in screening and analyzing wind farm interaction with WSR-88D.
NOAA: National Weather ServiceInternal Use: Situation Awareness DisplaysPastPresent
Google Earth Pro
Publicly available datawww.weather.gov/gisThe National Weather Services repository for Shapefile and KML datawater.weather.govDaily precipitation shapefile
ShapefilesWeather WarningsFlash flood and precipitation guidanceHurricane tracks and storm surge, and past hurricane tracksSevere weather reports databaseSevere weather report database
KMLNWS radarSingle image or loopsMultiple radars/nationwide imageryNumerous products (radar, velocity, accumulated precip) Current Weather Watches and WarningsAutomatically updatedProvides the text product associated with the advisory
KMLLocal point forecastProvides the graphical forecast for any point in the continental U.S.
KMLHurricane dataPast tropical cyclone tracksTropical cyclone forecast models
Coming SoonDaily High/Low/Precipitation
Hourly observations
Any Questions??
Jason M. StraubMeteorologistNational Weather Service, [email protected]