Retrieve current Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI) impact forecasts via NWS/WPC's GIS service

domain: mapservices.weather.noaa.gov (NOAA/NWS Weather Prediction Center) · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Query the WPC WSSI MapServer at mapservices.weather.noaa.gov/vector/rest/services/outlooks/wpc_wssi/MapServer using the standard ArcGIS REST API (f=json for metadata, /query for features).
  2. Select the specific WSSI element you need (overall index, snow-amount component, ice-amount component, population-impact, or travel-impact) — WSSI overlays NDFD forecast data with non-meteorological/climatological impact data.
  3. Note the product updates roughly every 2 hours and covers Day 1-3 (24-hour periods) plus a 72-hour outlook.
  4. For a quick visual check without building GIS query logic, use the WPC web display directly (wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/wssi/wssi.php?id=<office>) with a specific NWS office ID.
  5. If you need it in an ArcGIS Online/Hub context rather than raw REST, the same layer is republished on NOAA's CloudGIS (noaa.hub.arcgis.com).

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