postholer.com
11-21-2012, 15:20
If you're a weather geek and like watching the snow accumulate, you might find the following handy. These are snow analysis maps from NOAA over-lays on google trail maps.
The most current snow depth map for the AT, which shows nothing right now:
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=3&depth=1
But look at February 1st of this year:
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=3&depth=20120201
Notice the value after depth is a date, YYYYMMDD. You can get any date for the last 5 years. A value of 1 means the most current.
Also, you can change 'depth' to other snow data, such as:
swe - snow water equivalent
cover - snow coverage
sday - 24 hour snow precip
rday - 24 hour non-snow precip
et al.
...and you can change the trail_id, too:
3 - AT
2 - CDT
1 - PCT
20 - Long Trail
14 - BMT
et al.
Thought that might be useful for a winter filled with arm-chair hiking! :)
-postholer
The most current snow depth map for the AT, which shows nothing right now:
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=3&depth=1
But look at February 1st of this year:
http://postholer.com/gmap/gmap.php?trail_id=3&depth=20120201
Notice the value after depth is a date, YYYYMMDD. You can get any date for the last 5 years. A value of 1 means the most current.
Also, you can change 'depth' to other snow data, such as:
swe - snow water equivalent
cover - snow coverage
sday - 24 hour snow precip
rday - 24 hour non-snow precip
et al.
...and you can change the trail_id, too:
3 - AT
2 - CDT
1 - PCT
20 - Long Trail
14 - BMT
et al.
Thought that might be useful for a winter filled with arm-chair hiking! :)
-postholer