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Agency maps & charts

The agencies' own maps and charts, loaded live from NOAA and DWR each time you open this page. Click any one to open it at the source.

8–14 day outlook

NOAA CPC ↗

Precipitation

NWS California-Nevada River Forecast Center

CNRFC 6-day precipitation forecast — Forecast, next 6 days CNRFC ↗

CNRFC daily graphical briefing — Daily briefing CNRFC ↗

The briefing is updated by 10 AM PT. The observed and forecast maps are thumbnails; click for full size.

Snowpack

DWR CDEC ↗

Statewide snow water content Open PDF ↗

Reservoirs

DWR CDEC ↗

Conditions for major reservoirs Open PDF ↗

Precipitation indices

Water year types ↗

Northern Sierra 8-Station PDF ↗

San Joaquin 5-Station PDF ↗

Tulare Basin 6-Station PDF ↗

These charts come from DWR as PDFs. Some browsers won't show a PDF inside a page; if a box is blank or shows a link, open it with the PDF link above it.

Rivers

NWS CNRFC · DWR CDEC

The river forecast map is interactive, so it opens at CNRFC. Live gauge readings are on the Conditions page.

River & reservoir map ↗ River forecasts ↗ River stage summary ↗ Upper Sacramento bulletin ↗ Lower Sacramento bulletin ↗ San Joaquin bulletin ↗ Flood outlook ↗

Drought & ET

U.S. Drought Monitor · DWR CIMIS

U.S. Drought Monitor map of California — U.S. Drought Monitor, California USDM ↗

Spatial CIMIS ETo CIMIS ↗

Spatial CIMIS doesn't publish a fixed map image.
Open Spatial CIMIS ↗