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The Centralized Forecasting System (CFS) is a series of interactive computer programs that collect, analyze, store, and make available water supply forecast data. The Centralized DataBase System (CDBS), an integral part of CFS, contains historic data for snow course, SNOTEL, streamflow, monthly precipitation, reservoir storage and NOAA climatic values (daily temperature and precipitation for selected stations in the western states).
While much of the information available from CFS is accessible from the National Water and Climate Center Web Pages, there is still some valuable information that can only be retrieved from CFS -- including historical data contained in CDBS. Access to CFS (and therefore, CDBS) is free to anyone needing snow survey and water supply forecasting related information. All that is required is that you complete and return a CFS Access Agreement. Access agreements are available from your state Snow Survey & Water Supply Forecasting Program contact if you live in the West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) or from the National Water and Climate Center for those of you who live outside of the Western U.S.
CFS can be accessed via the Internet or by dial-up modem.
Internet Address (telnet and ftp):
wcc.nrcs.usda.gov
Parameters:
| Parity | None | ||
| Data Bits | 8 | ||
| Stop Bits | 1 | ||
| Echo | Off |
A recorded message concerning System Status can be reached at:
(503) 414-3199
From the CFS Main Menu, type:
CFS DATABASE DBQ
Searches must be initiated using the following format:
find [keyword] [descriptor]
Once a search has been initiated using find, use:
and [keyword] [descriptor]
to refine the search;
or [keyword] [descriptor]
to expand the search.
Used to begin all searches. You can also use f in place of find.
find state nv
f state nv
Initiates the search by looking for all data in Nevada.
Used to refine searches.
find state nv and county humboldt
Refines the search by looking for sites found in Humboldt County, Nevada.
Used to expand searches.
find state nv or state ca
Expands the search by looking for sites found in Nevada or California.
Refers to the type of data, including:
| clim | daily NOAA climate data | ||
| resd | daily reservoir data | ||
| snot | daily SNOTEL data | ||
| strd | daily streamflow data | ||
| prec | monthly precipitation data | ||
| resv | monthly reservoir data | ||
| snow | monthly snow course data | ||
| strm | monthly streamflow data |
Can be a state name, two-character state abbreviation, or state FIPS
(Federal Information Processing System) code.
find state nevada
find state nv
find state 32
Searches for all sites in Nevada.
County name or combination of 2-digit state and 3-digit county FIPS
codes. When using the county name, also use the state to avoid
confusion with other counties of the same name in other states.
find county humboldt and state nv
find county 32013
Searches for all sites in Humboldt County, Nevada.
CFS or other site identification.
find station 10J04S
Searches for all sites with 10J04S as its site identification.
Site name. Must be an exact match unless it is used with a wildcard.
Names consisting of three or more words must be enclosed in quotation
marks (").
find sitename marlette lake
Searches for all sites with the name Marlette Lake.
find sitename "wildrose ranger stn"
Searches for all sites with the name Wildrose Ranger Stn.
8-digit hydrologic unit code. Searches can also be done using 2-digit
increments of the huc.
find huc 16
Searches for all sites in the Great Basin
find huc 1604
Searches for all sites in the Black Rock Desert-Humboldt River Basin
find huc 160401
Searches for all sites in the Humboldt River Basin
find huc 16040105
Searches for all sites in the Middle Humboldt
Elevation in feet. Searches are displayed in increments of 1000 feet.
find elevation 1500
find elev 1500
find elevation 1999
find elev 1999
find elevation 1000
find elev 1000
Searches for all sites with an elevation of 1000-1999 feet.
Latitude in degrees. Searches are conducted in increments of whole
degrees.
find latitude 33
find lat 33
Searches for all sites found between latitude 33'00" and 33'59".
Longitude in degrees. Searches are conducted in increments of whole
degrees.
find longitude 113
find long 113
Searches for all sites found between longitude 113'00" and 113'59".
A special character that can be used in station or sitename
descriptors to represent any character or any group of characters.
You must have at least two characters before the *.
find sitename ma*
Searches for sites whose names begin with "ma", such as Marlette Lake.
A special character that can be used in station or sitename
descriptors to represent any single character. You must have at least
2 characters before the first ?.
find station 10J0?
Searches for sites with a 5-character station id beginning with 10J0,
such as 10J01, 10J02, and 10J03.
These brackets allow you to substitute a range of numbers or
characters for any single character within a station or sitename
descriptor. You must have at least 2 characters before the first set
of brackets.
find station 10J0[1-3]
find station 10J0[1,2,3]
Searches for sites with 10J01, 10J02, and 10J03 as their station id.
find state wa and county chelan and
datatype prec
Searches for all monthly precipitation sites in Chelan County,
Washington
find huc 130100 and datatype snot
Searches for all SNOTEL sites in the Rio Grande Headwaters
f datatype clim and lat 41 and long
123
Searches for all NOAA climate stations between latitude 41'00"-41'59"
and longitude 123'00"-123'59"
f sitename marl* and dt snow
Searches for all snow course sites with names that begin with "marl"
f state mt or state wy and dt strm
Searches for all monthly streamflow stations in Montana or Wyoming
f state nv and county elko and dt
resv and elev 9000
Searches for all monthly reservoir stations in Elko County, Nevada
located from 9000-9999 feet in elevation
To see how these next commands work, assume the following search has
been initiated:
find county humboldt and state nv and
elev 6000 and dt snow
Use ccl at the cdbs prompt (cdbs ::) to list the current search commands.
cdbs :: ccl
Generates output that looks something like this:
| find | county | humboldt | |||
| and | state | nv | |||
| and | elev | 6000 | |||
| and | dt | snow |
Use backup or oops to move backwards in
the search criteria one step. Or use backup # or
oops # to move backwards in the search criteria # number
of steps.
cdbs :: backup [or oops]
cdbs :: ccl
| find | county | humboldt | |||
| and | state | nv | |||
| and | elev | 6000 |
| find | county | humboldt |
Use history or hist to display all commands issued since the last find
command.
cdbs :: history [or hist]
| find | county | humboldt | |||
| ccl |
After conducting the search, you can:
| list or l | displays a list of sites on the screen | |
| flist | writes a list of sites to a file | |
| listbyid | displays a list of sites, sorted by site identification, on the screen | |
| flistbyid | writes a list of sites, sorted by site identification, to a file | |
| listbyname | displays a list of sites, sorted by name, to the screen | |
| flistbyname | writes a list of sites, sorted by name, to a file |
| table | generates a tabular report containing data for each site selected by the user in an 80-column format | |
| table132 | generates a tabular report containing data for each site selected by the user in a 132-column format | |
| cards | generates machine-readable output for PRELUDE, WATSTOR, TK, and tab-separated formats | |
| Note: Selections for data output must be done using the most current data list. | ||
| Note: If you have selected multiple clim or snot sites for output, use s to skip to the next station at the sensor prompt. | ||
| colsum | Provides a summary of monthly data in ascending, descending or chronological order and frequency analysis for individual sites | |
| compute | Provides various calculations of site data, including mean, median, standard deviation, and probability distribution | |
| index | Provides a summary of monthly data and frequency analysis for a combination of sites | |
| days | Uses data from NOAA climate stations to provide an analysis of the number of days that meet user-specified temperature and precipitation thresholds | |
| frost | Uses data from NOAA climate stations to provide probabilities of the dates of the last frost in the spring and the first frost in the fall developed for 24, 28, or 32 degrees F. | |
| growth | Uses data from NOAA climate stations to provide probabilities of the number of continuous days where temperatures will not fall below 24, 28, or 32 degrees F. | |
| stats | Provides monthly total, average, maximum, and minimum values for daily data | |
| taps | Uses data from NOAA climate stations to provide a summary and probability analysis of temperature and precipitation |
| commands | provides a list of all CDBS commands available | |
| keys | provides a list of keywords and a description of each |
At the cdbs:: prompt, you can enter any of the following to leave CDBS:
| q | quit | done | |||
| bye | exit | end |
This is where any banner or news messages would appear. In this
session,responses that you would normally enter will appear in the
following style:
typical response
Centralized Data Base System (CDBS) (Version 1.14) 04/29/92
cdbs :: find state nv and county humboldt and dt snow
525 stations found
56 stations found
13 stations found
cdbs :: list
No. ST CTY Type HUC Station Lat. Long. Elev. Sitename
---- -- --- ---- -------- -------- ---- ----- ----- --------
1 32 013 SNOW 17120008 19H01 4147 11937 6720 BALD MT.
2 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H02 4145 11732 6700 BUCKSKIN, LOWER
3 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H02S 4145 11732 6700 BUCKSKIN, LOWER SNOTEL
4 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H01 4147 11732 7200 BUCKSKIN, UPPER
5 32 013 SNOW 16040201 18H01 4158 11812 6500 DISASTER PEAK
6 32 013 SNOW 16040201 18H01S 4158 11812 6500 DISASTER PEAK SNOTEL
7 32 013 SNOW 16040108 17J02 4054 11734 6560 GOLCONDA #2
8 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H04 4139 11724 7800 GRANITE PEAK
9 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H08S 4139 11724 7800 GRANITE PEAK SNOTEL
10 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H05 4131 11738 6000 LAMANCE CREEK
11 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H07S 4131 11738 6000 LAMANCE CREEK SNOTEL
12 32 013 SNOW 16040109 17H03 4141 11732 6700 MARTIN CREEK
13 32 013 SNOW 17050106 17H06 4100 11700 6300 QUINN RIDGE AM
cdbs :: table
Select Number(s) (from listing -- CR to leave)
: 12
Enter a file name to APPEND ALL selected tables to disk.
Press the RETURN key if you do not want this option.
: (RETURN)
*** Type bye, done, q, or quit to skip over a site ***
*** Type abort to return to :: prompt ***
Precede a file name with append, or 'a' for appending mode
with blanks as separators between that and the file name
Station : 17H03, MARTIN CREEK
Enter a file name if output is to disk - CR if output is to terminal
: (RETURN)
/odb/nv/snow32
Station : 17H03, MARTIN CREEK
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Unit = inches
year January February March April May
June
date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe date dep swe
date dep swe
---- --- ----- ---- --- ----- ---- --- ----- ---- --- ----- ---- --- -----
---- --- -----
32-1 3/04 033 13.3
33-1 3/01 020 6.5
34-1 3/02 021 6.4
35-1 3/07 030 7.9
36-1 3/03 030 9.4
37-1 2/28 023 7.0
38-1 3/01 030 8.9
39-1 3/04 029 6.3
40-1 2/28 024 7.9
41-1 2/28 029 9.0 3/29 022 8.1
42-1 3/03 033 9.5 3/31 029 9.8
43-1 3/01 032 11.9 4/02 021 8.4
44-1 2/23 030 4.3 3/24 026 8.4
45-1 3/01 026 8.1 3/27 043 13.4
46-1 3/03 030 7.2 4/07 027 7.8
47-1 2/28 011 3.8 3/31 002 1.1
48-1 2/28 018 6.8 4/01 028 9.7
49-1 3/01 027 7.5 4/02 026 8.6
50-1 2/28 022 7.3 4/06 024 8.7
51-1 2/25 034 9.2 4/01 016 6.1
52-1 3/01 053 21.2
53-1 2/24 021 6.8 4/01 011 4.4
54-1 2/24 018 5.6 3/30 015 4.9
55-1 3/02 021 6.5 3/29 016 4.9
56-1 1/31 033 10.0 3/01 033 10.8 4/02 023 9.1
57-1 2/01 019 4.2 2/27 017 6.5 3/29 020 8.4
58-1 1/31 026 6.8 2/25 027 9.1 4/02 039 14.2
59-1 1/30 019 4.2 2/25 030 7.9 4/01 020 7.7
60-1 1/27 022 4.9 3/01 031 9.0 3/29 019 8.6
61-1 1/26 016 4.2 2/27 018 6.2 3/27 019 6.1
62-1 1/31 021 6.0 2/28 039 12.5 3/28 042 15.2
63-1 2/05 000 0.0 2/25 000 0.0 3/27 000 0.0
64-1 1/30 024 5.5 2/25 025 6.6 3/26 037 10.2
65-1 1/28 029 10.0 2/25 025 10.4 3/30 021 10.0
66-1 1/31 021 4.0 2/23 024 6.3 3/28 020 7.0
67-1 1/30 037 12.2 2/23 036 12.7 3/27 033 12.3
68-1 2/01 028 5.8 2/29 015 5.2 3/27 013 4.8
69-1 1/30 052 16.2 2/24 061 19.8 3/26 054 22.5
70-1 1/28 025 8.3 2/24 025 9.3 3/26 026 9.8
71-1 1/28 019 7.3 2/23 020 7.1 3/29 019 8.1
72-1 1/25 030 9.0 2/25 041 10.9 3/30 001 0.1
73-1 1/29 029 7.3 2/28 032 9.3 3/27 034 9.3
74-1 1/28 027 7.4 3/05 029 9.0 3/28 023 6.3
75-1 2/25 041 12.8 E/ST 18.5
76-1 2/23 17 4.1 3/30 25 8.3
77-1 2/24 11 2.3 3/30 16 4.3
78-1 2/28 37 11.8 3/27 27 11.9
79-1 2/27 32 6.6 3/26 23 6.9
80-1 2/26 35 11.2 3/26 45 11.4
81-1 2/03 17 3.6 2/27 9 2.3 3/25 5 1.7
82-1 1/29 036 10.1 2/25 021 8.6 E/ST 11.5 4/23 017 7.4
83-1 1/01 42 10.1 2/22 51 17.8 3/28 60 23.2
84-1 1/01 10.3 1/31 33 11.3 2/18 50 16.8 4/03 46 17.0
85-1 1/01 21 4.8 2/01 28 9.4 3/01 31 9.4 3/20 40 10.9
86-1 E/ST 6.6 2/27 35 12.7
87-1 E/ST 2.0 E/ST 3.4 2/27 32 8.4 4/01 22 8.0
88-1 E/ST 2.9 2/23 17 4.9 3/31 6 2.4 E/ST 0 0.0
89-1 E/ST 6.6 2/23 41 13.5 3/30 33 12.9
FIRST OF MONTH MEASUREMENTS
average depth and swe :
32 6.1 26 7.1 28 8.8 25 9.0 9 3.7
years 2 6 23 25 58 58 45 47 2 2
0 0
1961-1990 average :
32 6.1 26 7.4 29 9.3 27 9.7 9 3.7
years 2 6 18 20 29 29 26 28 2 2
0 0
NOTES: -O/dd - October, J/dd - November, K/dd - December, E/ST - estimate
-Card type 1 = First of Month, 2 = Mid-month, and 3 = Special Measurement
Station : 17H03, MARTIN CREEK
Enter a file name if output is to disk - CR if output is to terminal
: q
cdbs :: ccl
f state nv
and county humboldt
and datatype snow
cdbs :: oops
525 stations found
56 stations found
cdbs :: ccl
f state nv
and county humboldt
cdbs :: and dt clim
19 stations found
cdbs :: and sitename wi*
1 stations found
cdbs :: list
No. ST CTY Type HUC Station Lat. Long. Elev. Sitename
---- -- --- ---- -------- -------- ---- ----- ----- --------
1 32 013 CLIM 16040108 9171 4054 11748 04300 WINNEMUCCA WSO AIRPORT
cdbs :: taps
Select Number(s) (from listing -- CR to leave)
: 1
Enter a file name to APPEND ALL selected tables to disk.
Press the RETURN key if you do not want this option.
: (RETURN)
Enter the beginning year [1929] 1961
Enter the ending year [1991] 1990
The selected years are from 1961 - 1990
Growing Degree Days Threshold (CR for default of 40 deg. F) : (RETURN)
Enter a file name if output is to disk - CR if output is to terminal
: (RETURN)
TAPS Station : WINNEMUCCA WSO AIRPORT, 9171
start yr. - 1961 end yr. - 1990
| Temperature | Precipitation
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------
| | | |2 years in 10| | |2 yrs in 10|
| | | | will have | avg | | will have | average
|-----|-----|-----|-------------|no. of| |-----------| number of
Month | avg | avg | avg | max | min |grow'n| avg | less| more| days with
|daily|daily| | temp.| temp.|degree| | than| than| 0.10 inch
| max | min | | >than| <than|days* |(in.)|(in.)|(in.)| or more
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
January | 42.0| 16.8| 29.4| 63 | -12 | 17 | 0.74| 0.26| 1.13| 2
February | 48.9| 22.8| 35.8| 68 | -5 | 44 | 0.62| 0.27| 0.92| 2
March | 54.4| 25.2| 39.8| 75 | 6 | 86 | 0.78| 0.39| 1.11| 2
April | 62.3| 29.5| 45.9| 85 | 11 | 198 | 0.84| 0.34| 1.26| 2
May | 72.4| 37.7| 55.0| 94 | 19 | 470 | 0.83| 0.34| 1.41| 2
June | 82.8| 45.9| 64.3| 102 | 28 | 729 | 0.86| 0.27| 1.44| 2
July | 92.7| 51.2| 71.9| 104 | 35 | 988 | 0.27| 0.05| 0.51| 0
August | 90.3| 48.7| 69.5| 103 | 33 | 913 | 0.45| 0.12| 0.86| 1
September | 80.1| 38.9| 59.5| 97 | 20 | 579 | 0.40| 0.11| 0.74| 1
October | 68.1| 29.4| 48.7| 88 | 12 | 288 | 0.62| 0.18| 1.05| 1
November | 52.3| 23.3| 37.8| 73 | 0 | 69 | 0.94| 0.37| 1.42| 3
December | 42.7| 17.1| 29.9| 63 | -13 | 18 | 0.88| 0.28| 1.36| 3
----------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
----------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
Yearly : |-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
----------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
Average | 65.7| 32.2| 49.0| ---- | ---- | ---- | --- | --- | --- | ---
----------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
Extreme | 108| -37| --- | 105 | -20 | ---- | --- | --- | --- | ---
----------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
Total | --- | --- | --- | ---- | ---- | 4399 | 8.21| 6.54| 9.80| 21
----------|-----|-----|-----|------|------|------|-----|-----|-----|----------
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*A growing degree day is a unit of heat available for plant growth.
It can be calculated by adding the maximum and minumum daily temperatures,
dividing the sum by 2, and subtracting the temperature below which growth
is minimal for the principal crops in the area (Threshold : 40.0 deg. F)
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Press the RETURN key to see this station again,
otherwise enter q to return to the main CDBS prompt : q
cdbs :: q
cdbs wsfs.cp 13-OCT-92 10:43:52 288
| State | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Rick McClure | ambcs@ak.nrcs.usda.gov | (907) 271-2424 |
| Arizona | Larry Martinez | lmartine@azso.az.nrcs.usda.gov | (602) 280-8841 |
| California | Marianne Hallet | mhallet@ca.nrcs.usda.gov | (530) 757-8305 |
| Colorado | Mike Gillespie | mgillesp@co.nrcs.usda.gov | (303) 236-2910 Ext. 235 |
| Idaho | Ron Abramovich | rabramo@id.nrcs.usda.gov | (208) 378-5740 |
| Montana | Roy Kaiser | rkaiser@mt.nrcs.usda.gov | (406) 587-6991 |
| Nevada | Dan Greenlee | dgreenle@nvirm.nv.nrcs.usda.gov | (702) 784-5878 |
| New Mexico | Dan Murray | dmurray@nmso.nm.nrcs.usda.gov | (505) 761-4436 |
| Oregon | Stanley Fox | sfox@or.nrcs.usda.gov | (503) 414-3266 |
| Utah | Randall Julander | rjulande@utdmp.utsnow.nrcs.usda.gov | (801) 524-5213 |
| Washington | Scott Pattee | spattee@wa.nrcs.usda.gov | (360) 428-7684 Ext. 141 |
| Wyoming | Dave Taylor | dot@wyese.wy.nrcs.usda.gov | (307) 261-6481 |
| National | Chris Pacheco | cpacheco@wcc.nrcs.usda.gov | (503) 414-3056 |
State Fips Codes:
| AK | ... | 02 | AZ | ... | 04 | CA | ... | 06 | |||
| CO | ... | 08 | ID | ... | 16 | MT | ... | 30 | |||
| NV | ... | 32 | NM | ... | 35 | OR | ... | 41 | |||
| UT | ... | 49 | WA | ... | 53 | WY | ... | 56 |
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