This page contain the websites featured in the "On the Web" boxes at the bottom of each page of the Intermountain West Climate Summary.  If you cannot find a link you are interested in, please send an email to WWASummary@wwa.colorado.edu . 

Temperature - Recent Conditions

Maps of temperature and other climate variables including individual station data: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/

Information on temperature and precipitation trends: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/trndtext.shtml

Listing of weather stations in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary.

Precipitation - Recent Conditions

Precipitation maps updated daily: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/Drought/.

Precipitation maps similar to the temperature maps in the climate summary: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/ or http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/recent_climate.html.

National Climatic Data Center monthly and weekly precipitation and drought reports for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and the whole U.S.: http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/monitoring.html

U.S. Drought Monitor

Updated weekly; site includes archives of past drought monitors: http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html.

 Intermountain West Snowpack

Graphs of snowpack in the western U.S.: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snowcourse/snow_map.html.

Snow course and SNOTEL data updated daily-
- River basin data of SWE and precipitation: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/snotelbasin.
- Individual station data of SWE and precipitation for SNOTEL and snow course sites: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snowcourse/snow_rpt.html or http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/.
- Graphic representations of SWE and precipitation at individual SNOTEL sites: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/snotel-data.html.

Reservoir Status

Lake Dillon, operated by Denver Water: (click "Reservoir Levels and More")
http://www.water.denver.co.gov/indexmain.html

Turquoise Lake, Boysen Reservoir, and Seminoe Reservoir, operated by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) – Great Plains Region: http://www.usbr.gov/gp/hydromet/teacup_form.cfm
-Turquise Lake is part of the Fryingpan-Arkas project
-Boysen Reservoir is part of the Wind River project
-Seminoe Reservoir is part of the North Platte project

Lake Granby is part of the Colorado-Big Thompson project, operated by Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District and the USBR Great Plains Region: http://www.ncwcd.org/datareports/data_reports/cbt_wir.pdf

Blue Mesa Reservoir, Lake Powell, Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Fontenelle Reservoir operated by the USBR – Upper Colorado Region:
http://www.usbr.gov/uc/wcao/water/basin/tc_cr.html

Strawberry Reservoir, operated by the Central Utah Water Conservancy District:
http://www.cuwcd.com/operations/currentdata.htm

Utah Lake, operated by the Utah Division of Water Rights and Bear Lake, operated by Utah Power:
http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/resv_rpt.pl?state=utah

Regional Water Availability Status

SPI and similar products for the entire country: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/spi/spi.html.

Past precipitation trends: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/products/current.html.

Colorado Water Availability

Current SWSI map: http://www.co.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/fcst/state/current/monthly/maps_graphs/index.html.
Current “Colorado Water Supply Conditions” Report from the State Engineer: http://water.state.co.us/pubs/swsi.asp.

Current maps of SWE as a percent of normal: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/gis/snow.html

Current SNOTEL data and plots of specific sites: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/

Monthly reports on water supply conditions & forecasts for major CO river basins: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/bor.pl

Water Supply Outlook information for the Upper Colorado River Basin, produced by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center: http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/wsup/.cgi .

Agendas and minutes of the Colorado Water Availability Task Force’s monthly meeting:  http://cwcb.state.co.us/Conservation/Drought/taskForceAgendaMinPres.htm.

Wyoming Water Availability

Current Wyoming SWSI map and data about current water supply status: http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/nrcs/nrcs.html.

Current maps of SWE as a percent of normal:  http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/gis/snow.html

Current SNOTEL data and plots of specific sites: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/

Monthly reports on water supply conditions & forecasts for major CO river basins: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/wsf.html

Wyoming Water Resources Data System, State Climate Office: http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/

Wyoming Drought Status: http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/wsc/dtf/drought.html

Palmer Drought Index on NOAA’s drought page: www.drought.noaa.gov.

Utah Water Availability

Current Utah SWSI data and current water supply status: http://www.ut.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/watersupply/.

Current maps of SWE as a percent of normal: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/gis/snow.html

Current SNOTEL data and plots of specific sites: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/

NOAA-NCDC Palmer Drought Index information: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/prelim/drought/palmer.html

Temperature Outlook

NOAA seasonal temperature forecasts: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/13_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.html.

IRI seasonal forecasts: http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/forecast/net_asmt/.

Temperature distributions at specific stations in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and across the West by the Western Regional Climate Center: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/CLIMATEDATA.html.

Precipitation Outlook

NOAA seasonal precipitation forecasts: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/multi_season/13_seasonal_outlooks/color/churchill.html.

IRI seasonal forecasts: http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/forecast/net_asmt/.

The experimental seasonal guidance for precipitation: http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/people/klaus.wolter/SWcasts/index.html.

Seasonal Drought Outlook

NWS CDC U.S. Drought Assessment (updated weekly): http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/drought_assessment.shtml

NOAA drought page : http://www.drought.noaa.gov/.

El Nino Status and Forecast

Technical discussion of current El Nino conditions:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/.

Graphics of SST and SST anomalies, updated weekly: (click on “Weekly SST Anomalies”)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/MJO/enso.shtml#current.

El Nino forecasts and other information: http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/climate/enso

Water Supply Forecast

NRCS water supply forecasts based on snow accumulation: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/. 

The official NOAA streamflow forecasts from individual River Forecast Centers:
- Colorado Basin (includes Great Basin): http://www.cbrfc.noaa.gov/
- Missouri Basin (includes South Platte and North Plate: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mbrfc/
- West Gulf (includes Rio Grande): http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc/
- Arkansas Basin: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/abrfc/