The Weather Prediction Center's National Forecast Charts Web Service provides an overview of expected weather for up to the next three days, with emphasis on certain hazardous and significant weather. The layers summarize forecasts from several NCEP Service Centers including the Storm Prediction Center (for severe thunderstorm and tornado outlooks), the National Hurricane Center (for tropical storm and hurricane forecasts), and the Weather Prediction Center (for information concerning heavy rainfall, flooding, winter weather, and general weather). With overlaid frontal forecasts, these displays serve as a good overview of the expected weather for the next three days.

Update Frequency: Twice day at 1000Z and 2200Z (UTC)

Link to graphical web page: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/NationalForecastChart/staticmaps/

Link to download data: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/#page=ovw and click on Additional Links for KML, Shapefiles or GeoJSON formats.

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Questions/Concerns about the service, please contact the DISS GIS team

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