noaa weather by location

are you talking about http://www.weather.gov

Ok, I feel silly now. Didn’t realize you had to click on the map twice to get a page with the scrollable map. I assumed that map on the front was something different. Thanks doug.

Caltopo.com is a great tool too.

1. righ-click in any area of the map you are interested
2. select “Point info” -> “NOAA Forecast”.  and it will provide you with National Weather Forecast adjusted for that particular location.

This may be what you mean Justin, if so, very useful and seems to be fairly accurate for both kayaking and land-based forecasts:

NOAA point forecast

and to go with that, the nohrsc snow model to tell you how much snow is on the ground

http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/interactive/html/map.html?ql=station&zoom=&loc=45.382+N%2C+122.315+W&var=ssm_depth&snap=1&o9=1&o12=1&o13=1&lbl=m&o7=1&mode=pan&extents=us&min_x=-122.31666666667&min_y=44.991666666667&max_x=-121.38333333333&max_y=45.691666666667&coord_x=-121.85&coord_y=45.341666666666995&zbox_n=&zbox_s=&zbox_e=&zbox_w=&metric=0&bgvar=dem&shdvar=shading&width=600&height=450&nw=600&nh=450&h_o=0&font=0&js=1&uc=0

I’ve been using those NOAA scroll maps to forecast weather for high sierra trips for years now… just remember, they are only some kind of estimate based on lowland weather station forecasts…. and are often wrong… especially in the mountains where weather patterns are heavily influenced by aspect and land forms. Many micro climates in the mountains and winds vary exponentially with land form influences.

Billy

yeah, but they do factor in elevation and large scale geography

you could be 10 degree F colder or the amount of rain could be more or less than predicted

or it can rain for a week when the forecast calls for sunny and dry :)

been there, done that…

billy