Video recording about River Forecast Data with John Goff
John Goff, Senior Service Hydrologist with NOAA/NWS in Burlington introduces some of the tools available to understand the river forecasts. These forecasts integrate precipitation models, ground conditions (topography, soil saturation, snowpack), and stream flow data, to make short-term predictions of river stage and flood conditions. These forecasts can be helpful for emergency response.
We look in part at the Montpelier forecast gauge, the Inundation Mapper, and some of the new and coming National Water Model data.
Video of Reading the River Forecast - with John Goff NWS (1 hr)
Some urls to visit:
- Northeast River Forecast Center: www.weather.gov/nerfc
- National Water Dashboard dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov
- Montpelier – Winooski Flood Inundation Mapper water.noaa.gov/gauges/MONV1
- Waterbury – Winooski Flood Inundation Mapper water.noaa.gov/gauges/watv1
- National Water Model https://water.noaa.gov/ (pdf about: water.noaa.gov/about/nwm )
- USGS Water Watch Real Time Streamflow bit.ly/flowvt
- Ventusky www.ventusky.com
John Goff
Senior Service Hydrologist
NOAA/NWS Burlington, VT
john.goff@noaa.gov
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