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National Weather Service Data as OGC Web Services on the public Cloud

This page is for data that is available as Geospatial Information System (GIS) Web Services running on the public cloud. This page contains web services that follow the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards for web services. Three standards are supported - Web Mapping Services (WMS), Web Feature Services (WFS) and Web Coverage Services (WCS).

If the services are not functioning (operational issue) contact: sdm@noaa.gov

For questions or concerns about these experimental services, please contact the DISS GIS team.

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Link to Radar application:  https://radar.weather.gov/#/

Link to Service Change Notice

 

The following links will lead you to a REST page for services or a download page for images.

 

NWS Reference Maps Current Weather/Forecasts Climate
 
Reference Maps

•NWM_Lakes_and_Reservoirs
•NWS Reference Maps
•NWS ECCDA
•USGS_Stream_Gauges

 

Experimental Products

•Day 4 & Day 5 Precipitation Hazards from WPC (only available in public cloud)
•Days 8-14 U.S. Hazards/Drought/Wildfire Info (only available in public cloud)
•Flood Hazards Outlook (FHO) from NWC (only available in public cloud)
•Lake Effect Snow Warnings (LES) (only available in public cloud)

 

 
Watches, Warnings and Radar

•Base Reflectivity Radar
•Base Reflectivity Radar (time_enabled)
•Watch/Warn Polygons
 

Tropical Storms

•Tropical Weather
•Tropical Weather Summary
 

Weather

•U.S. Hazards/Drought/Wildfire Info
•NDFD Temperatures Info
•Weather Features/Precipitation Forecast
•Precipitation Hazards from WPC
•Probabilistic Winter Precipitation from WPC
•Storm Prediction Center Weather Outlooks
•NWS Local Storm Reports  (only available on public cloud)
•Land Analysis from National Water Model  (only available on public cloud)

Winter Weather
 
Water

•AHPS River Gauge Observations/Forecasts
•National Significant River Flood Outlook
•Quantitative Precip Fcst (QPF) from WPC
•Hourly and Daily Quantitative Precip Est (QPE) from RFC
•Gridded Flash Flood Guidance
•Long Range Flood Outlook  (only available on public cloud)
•Alaska River Breakup Status
•StreamFlow Analysis from National Water Model  (only available on public cloud)
•Flood Inundation Maps  (only available on public cloud)

ICE

•Interactive Multisensor Snow and Ice Mapping System (IMS) (Updated service only available on public cloud)
•The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) Great Lakes Analysis (only available on public cloud)

Fire Weather

•Storm Prediction Center Fire Weather Outlooks (Updated service only available on public cloud)
•NWS Fire Weather Spot  (only available on public cloud)

 
Air Quality

•Air Quality Surface Dust
•Air Quality Vertical Dust
•Air Quality One Hour Average Ozone
•Air Quality One Hour Average Ozone Bias Corrected
•Air Quality One Hour Maximum Ozone
•Air Quality One Hour Maximum Ozone Bias Corrected
•Air Quality 8 Hour Average Ozone
•Air Quality 8 Hour Average Ozone Bias Corrected
•Air Quality 8 Hour Maximum Ozone
•Air Quality 8 Hour Maximum Ozone Bias Corrected
•Air Quality Surface Smoke
•Air Quality Vertical Smoke
•Air Quality APM 2.5km 1 hour
•Air Quality APM 2.5km 1 hour Bias Corrected
•Air Quality APM 2.5km 24 hour
•Air Quality APM 2.5km 24 hour Bias Corrected
•Air Quality MPM 2.5km 1 hour
•Air Quality MPM 2.5km 1 hour Bias Corrected

 
 
Climate Outlooks

• 6 to 10 Day Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks
• 8 to 14 Day Precipitation and Temperature Outlooks
•Daily 0.25 Deg CMORPH
•GFS Precipitation Anomalies
•Monthly Precipitation Outlooks
•Monthly Temperature Outlooks
•Seasonal Precipitation Outlooks
•Seasonal Temperature Outlooks
•Weekly Sea Surface (SST) Temperatures
•CPC Drought Outlook