As I am researching tools that help Houston area canoeists and kayakers make decisions to paddle or not, based on water levels, I have come across a new tool that I think you will like too. This is the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service from the National Weather Service. In case you are wondering what a hydrograph is, here is their definition: A hydrograph shows how the river level changes over time at a specific location. Forecast hydrographs are displayed when flooding is expected, otherwise the hydrograph for the past few days is provided, if the data are available. At key river gages, such as along navigable rivers, daily forecast hydrographs are provided, whether or not flooding is anticipated. The home page for this is: http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov <http://ahps.srh.noaa.gov/> I see it covers not only the U.S. but some of coastal Canada as well. Of Houston/Galveston interest, river menus available are: Trinity River, East and West Fork of the San Jacinto, San Jacinto River, Clear Creek, Brazos River, San Bernard River, Colorado River. If you are interested, for instance, in Buffalo Bayou, use the drop down menu at San Jacinto River. One of the very nice features is that they define the varying levels of "flood stage". This is a very nice integrated tool for looking at water levels with multiple references to other online sources of information. I'm sure this level of information is available for other areas as well. Natalie Wiest Galveston Bay Information Center, Texas, USA Houston Canoe Club Paddler, sea kayaker when conditions merit... *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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