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Digital Tools for Observing and Forecasting Water Levels and Weather
Digital Tools for Observing and Forecasting Water Levels and Weather
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has a number of online digital tools to study a region's water levels and meteorological conditions.
NOAA's Tides & Currents website provides both current and historical data on water levels and meteorological conditions at monitoring stations along the United States' ocean and Great Lakes coasts. Begin by visiting https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ and clicking on a state or Great Lake.
Click on a state or Great Lakes to access water data on your desired region
3. The pop will provide current water level and meteorological data for that station. Clicking on 'More Data' will open a drop down menu for different data sets and graphs.
If you click on the water level data option, a graph with water levels will open in a new tab.
2. Use the search bar or zoom in on the map to find a monitoring station. Click on the colored dot on the map.
4. Clicking on 'More Data' will open a drop down menu for different data sets and graphs.
If you click on the meteorological data option, a graph with wind speed and direction will open in a new tab.
NOAA'S Coastal Inundation Dashboard provides data and visuals on water levels in the context of minor, moderate, and major flooding. Begin by visiting https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb/ and clicking on a monitoring station, using the search bar,or zooming in on the map.
1. Click on a monitoring station or use the search bar or zoom in the map to find a specific monitoring station.
3. At the bottom of the pop up, there are additional links to click on: Inundation History and Lake Level Viewer.
2. When you select a station, a line graph with observed and forecasted water levels will pop up. This graph also has minor, moderate, and flooding levels for each monitoring location.
4. Clicking on Inundation History, you can search the historical data, in both graphs and data sets, for lake levels at the selected monitoring site.
NOAA's Lake Level Viewer allows user to toggle water levels six feet above and below the long term average to predict where shoreline areas would be flooded. Begin by visiting https://coast.noaa.gov/llv/ and selecting one of the five Great Lakes.
Use the search bar or zoom function to find a specific region in the Great Lakes. Use the toggle bar on the left side to raise or lower water levels six feet above and below the long term average. As the water level rises, areas on shore that will be flooded are highlighted in light blue. As the water level drops, areas off shore that will be exposed are highlighted in tan.
The Great Lakes Coastal Forecasting System provides images and animations of Great Lakes water levels and winds produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. There are three types of images available:
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