National Weather Data in Georeferenced Image or OGC Server format
The National Weather Service produces several data sets that are available in formats available to import into Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS is a collection of computer hardware, software, and geographic data for capturing, managing, analyzing, and displaying all forms of geographically referenced information. It takes the numbers and words from the rows and columns in databases and spreadsheets and puts them on a map.
| Current Weather | Forecasts | Past Weather |
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Watches, Warnings, RADARSatellite |
NDFD Hurricanes/Tropical Storms
Atlantic Hurricane Forecast WMS/WFS *East Pacific Hurricane Forecast WMS/WFS * Water
River Gauge Observations/Forecasts from AHPS WMS/WFS *National Significant River Flood Outlook WMS.WFS * |
Hurricanes |
| NOAA nowCOAST Observations and Forecasts WMS Services | ||
* ATTENTION - There is n o guarantee of 24/7 availability of the OGC services at this time
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NASA World Wind viewer (latest version 1.4 released February 14, 2007) - free download from NASA |
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GoogleEarth viewer - KML file format support - free download from Google.com |
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ESRI's ArcGIS Explorer - KML file format support - free download from ESRI.com |
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FME (Feature Manipulation Engine) that converts data in one format to another - KML file format support - (Purchase) - download from Safe.com |
| ArcGIS extension that allows ESRI software to read KML until the next full release of ESRI software that will natively support KML/KMZ - (Purchase) - download from KMLer.com |
