HPC is now providing a subset of its product suite in KeyHole Markup Language (KML) format.   KML is used by a variety of GIS and mapping applications, including Google Earth, ArcGIS Explorer, Microsoft Virtual Earth, NASA WorldWind View, and numerous others, to display geospatial data on two-dimensional maps and three-dimensional Earth browsers. Currently, the following products are available in KML format:

• Day 1-3 Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPFs)
• Significant River Flood Outlook

 

Other NWS products in KML format A free version of Google Earth is available for download at
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html, along with an accompanying user guide. View a screen shot of HPC's QPF as depicted in Google Earth. In addition to KML, HPC creates many of its guidance products in shapefile format; these are available for download at ftp://ftp.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/shapefiles.

 

 

Latest Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPFs)

About the QPF KML files

6-Hour Update Forecast  (Issued 05:40Z August 25, 2009)
Day 1   -- (Issued 09:28Z August 25, 2009)

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Day 2   -- (Issued 09:32Z August 25, 2009)

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Day 3   -- (Issued 07:40Z August 25, 2009)

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