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National Weather Service Drought Information Statements

National Weather Service drought information statements provide up-to-date reports on the current drought situation for a Weather Forecast Office’s county warning and forecast area. These statements are text-based products that summarize recent weather and hydrologic conditions, discuss local drought impacts, and provide a local drought outlook.

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
USVI/USAPI
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
text (ascii)

National Weather Service National Forecast Maps

NWS provides a wide selection of forecast maps for temperature and precipitation for the next 12 hours to 6 days.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Forecasts
File Format
images

NOAA Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlooks Reports

NOAA Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlooks Reports: two-page reports on regional climate impacts with an overview of recent and forecast conditions produced by NOAA.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2012 - Present
File Format
pdf

North-American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)

NLDAS Drought Monitor Products: an experimental drought monitor derived from near real-time soil moisture output from both the NASA MOSAIC and NCEP Noah land surface models.

 

 

Data Coverage
North America
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Forecasts
File Format
images
Data Type
Model