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NEXRAD Rainfall, Weather Station, and ET Products
for the Rio Grande Basin


Rio Grande Basin AWARDS System and ET Toolbox Project Areas

MAP with Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) and River Reaches
Please note - About 1/3 of the real-time weather data are available - therefore about 2/3 of the ET calculations throughout the Toolbox are based upon forecast weather data, using the Hargreaves method for Reference ET.

Basin Overview Plots:
Present Division Rain, Present Hourly Rain, Daily Archived Images

Consumptive Use Plots with:
Stream Depletion for Reaches: All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Rain for Reaches: All 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Stream Flow Data:
MRGCD Rio Grande Schematic, MRGCD Cochiti Division Schematic, MRGCD Albuquerque Division Schematic, MRGCD Belen Division Schematic, MRGCD Socorro Division Schematic, MRG/SJC Operations Schematic

Weather Station Data and Plots

Awards ET Charts for Chama/Velarde (C/V) and Reaches 1-8
Click within dots for cell-by-cell charts
Click on "day" for specific daily rain - Click on "1 wk anim" for rain animation
C/V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

ET Toolbox Consumptive Use Details for Chama/Velarde (C/V) and Reaches 1-8
Click within dots for cell-by-cell details
Click on "day" for specific daily rain - Click on "1 wk anim" for rain animation
C/V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

ET Toolbox URGWOM ET Maps for Chama/Velarde (C/V) and Reaches 1-8
Click on "1 wk anim" for ET animation
C/V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

ET Toolbox Summary Products for Chama/Velarde (C/V) and Reaches 1-8
C/V 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Daily Soil Temperature and Moisture - Fuel Temperature and Moisture

Predicted ET (cfs) for the Next Seven Days

Elephant Butte Reservoir Evaporation
Please note - Due to lack of real-time weather data at or on the reservoir, this evaporation is based upon forecast weather data.

Rain only in Other Areas
Alcalde Truth or Consequences Derry Las Cruces El Paso NW El Paso SE

Information on the AWARDS System

Documentation of the ET Toolbox (pdf version)

Recent changes to the AWARDS/ET Toolbox


Historic Data

1-hour Weather Data from MRGCD Operated Automated Weather Stations.

24-hour Weather Data from MRGCD Operated Automated Weather Stations and New Mexico State University Automated Weather Stations.

ET Summary Information by New River Reaches 1-8.

Gage Data from Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) and USGS

Pumping Station Data from USBR

Tamarisk ET Model and Comparisons


Archived Radar Precipitation Products (QPE)

1-Year of Archived Daily Upper Rio Grande QPESums Estimated Rainfall Images


Links to Real-Time and Forecasted Weather Data

NCAR RAP Real-Time Weather Data (Satellite Loops etc.)

6-hour Animation loop of recent satellite west U.S. images -- GOES WEST IR from NOAA

6-hour Animation loop of recent satellite east U.S. images -- GOES EAST IR from NOAA

HPC National Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) Graphics
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4-5

Medium Range Forecasts from the HPC:
Red = Max. Temperature, Blue = Min. Temperature, Green = Prob. of Precip.
Day 3 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 4 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 5 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 6 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts
Day 7 Max / Min Temp and PoP Forecasts

Current Monthly and Seasonal Climate Outlook from the CPC

Current U.S. Drought Monitor from the CPC


Related Links
  • Current Atmospheric Soundings (Skew-T) for Albuquerque, NM (ABQ)
    and El Paso, TX (EPZ)
  • GoTo NWS West Gulf River Forecast Center, Fort Worth, TX Home Page
  • GoTo NWS Albuquerque, NM Home Page
  • GoTo NWS El Paos, TX Home Page
  • GoTo Sevilleta LTER Program, University of New Mexico
  • GoTo New Mexico Climate Center
  • BackTo the AWARDS NEXRAD ET Toolbox Home Page