Wyoming Water and Climate Explorer
All users: Some pop-up blockers may affect certain functions of this application (windows opened when identifying features, etc). It is advised that you either disable pop-up blockers or you more selectively set an exception to allow pop-ups from www.wrds.uwyo.edu (this is the recommended option).
Mobile users: While every attempt has been made to make this application mobile-friendly, it is not practical to spend a lot of development time to make sure that ALL devices are accommodated. At a certain size, it just does not make sense to be viewing a mapping application on a small screen and expect full functionality. Your Nokia 8110 at 240x360 resolution will not provide a decent viewing experience!
However, we have tried to make this as useable as possible to as large a constituency as possible and, if the largest resolution of your screen is at least 640 pixels, you will be able to experience all of the functionality, though a very few features might require some horizontal scrolling. From our user-base over the last year, it was determined that developing for a minimum of 640 pixels on the longest edge would accommodate 99% of our users.
It is recommended, though, that your largest resolution be 800 pixels or more and we suggest that you view the application in landscape mode and take advantage of full screen viewing (the button with the opposing arrows in the lower left of your screen).
The Explorer has been tested on mobile using Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Firefox and performs well. It also has been tested with the Samsung Internet Browser and, while the vast majority of the functionality is present, there are a few quirks affecting colors and the display of at least one or two layers.
ChangeLog
V3.0 - 18 Oct 2024
Upgrade base engine to 9.2.1
Geoserver upgrade
Platform upgrade
Features and Functionality
Daily volume of snow water equivalent by Basin, Sub-Basin, Watershed, and Sub-Watershed (6th-, 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-level HUC) (Water Year 2003 to present)
View plot of Mean Daily Temperature Data (1981 to Present) for any spot in the Lower 48
Graphs and Data for daily Snow Water Equivalent and Depth (Water Year 2004 to present)
Frost Temperature Probabilities and dates of Occurrence (1981 to present)
Number of days per year with maximum temperatures exceeding various temperature thresholds
Number of days per year with maximum temperatures below various temperature thresholds
Number of days per year with minimum temperatures below various temperature thresholds
Daily maximum temperature percentiles at each PRISM grid cell
Daily minimum temperature percentiles at each PRISM grid cell
Historical US Drought Monitor Categories at each PRISM grid cell
Average minimum, mean, and maximum temepratures over various date ranges, ie 7-Day, 14-Day, ..., 3-Year
Condition Monitoring Observer Reports (CMOR) data added for last 7 and 30 days
Daily temperature, precipitation, and snowfall/snowdepth Records for COOP, SnoTel, CoCoRaHS and other stations
Monthly temperature Records for COOP, SnoTel, and other stations
Sequences of Consecutive Days with no Precipitation for each Station (COOP, Snotel, CoCoRaHS, etc)
Irrigation Districts
Summaries by month for temperature, preciptiation, and snowfall/snowdepth
Additional layers:
- One-Week change maps for VIC Soil Moisture percentiles
- Mean average, maximum, and minimum temperature departures from normal for periods of seven days to three years
V2.3 - 15 Apr 2024
Features and Functionality
Zoom to your location
Additional layers:
- Daily Precipitation and Maximum, Mininum, and Average Temperature maps
- Updates to Extreme Temperatues and Snowfall
- US Geological Survey Administrative Regions
- One-Week change maps for precipitation percentiles
- One-Week change maps for snow water equivalents
- Hail Locations
- Natural Resources Conservation Service Offices and Regions
- US Bureau of Reclamation Office Areas
- US Department of the Interior Regions
- National Weather Service Regions
- US Geological Survey Climate Adaptation Science Centers
- Bureau of Land Management State, District, and Field Office and Jurisdictions
- US Army Corps of Engineers Civil Divisions
- US Fish and Wildlife Service regions
V2.2 - 13 Feb 2024
Features and Functionality
Measure distances
Query Snow Depth at location
Query Snow Water Equivalent at location
Additional layers:
- Gridded Snow Water Equivalent, 1- and 2-Day changes
- Gridded Snow Water Equivalent, Departure from Median
- Gridded Snow Water Equivalent, Percent of Median
- Gridded Snow Water Equivalent, Median
- Gridded Snow Water Equivalent
- Short Term Composite Drought Index
- Long Term Composite Drought Index
- NRCS Basins in Wyoming
- Precipitable Water
- Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
- Nino Regions
- Worldwide Atmospheric Pressure and Isobars
- Worldwide 2m Temperatures and Isotherms
- National Weather Service Warnings, Watches, and Advisories
- National Weather Service Day 1 Forecast: Fronts and High/Low Pressures
V2.1 - 12 Dec 2023
Upgrade base engine to ol-8.2.0
Additional layers:
- Energy Release Component
- Burning Index
- Climate Division Temperature and Precipitation
- NWS Point Forecast link for any spot on the map
- Yesterday’s Mesonet Precipitation
- SnoTel Station Snow Water Equivalent and Percent of Median updated hourly
- ESRI DeLorme map base
Short Instructional Videos
- Navigation
- Index of Layers
- Selecting Layers
- Transparency
- Legends
- Labels
- Identifying Features
Reset map to north feature if a user has changed the angle
Recoded all attribute windows to be functional on mobile
Interactive charts for Mesonet Parameters when selecting a station to include
- A dashboard
- Temperature
- Daily Precipitation
- Precipitation Summaries
- Snow Depth
- Frost Depth
- Wind History
- Wind Roses
- Solar Radiation
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperature
- Vapor Pressure
- Ability to get a QR Code link to an individual station’s mobile dashboard
V1.0 - 19 Oct 2023 - Public Release
Complete overhaul of Water and Climate Atlas
New interface
Expand number of layers available
