More record warm temperatures are forecast this week from California, Southwest, Plains then into the Mississippi Valley and Southeast. The warmth combining with dry conditions may result in elevated to locally critical fire weather conditions. Meanwhile, another Pacific system will move across the Pacific Northwest with lower elevation rain and mountain snows. For Hawaii, conditions improving. Read More >
Lower Mississippi RFC
River Forecast Center
Many different estimates of observed precipitation are used in the river forecast process. Sources include rain gauge networks (both official and volunteer) as well as radar estimates.
Daily 24hr precipitation report (HYDORN)
Text only, forecaster QCed. Point observations from gauges. Updates daily.
Daily 24hr precipitation from CoCoRAHS volunteers
Static images, no QC. Point observations from gauges.
Customizable gridded precipitation
Zoomable, panable map, forecaster QCed. Gridded estimates from a combination of rain gauges and radar. May be slow on mobile devices.
Water Story