How many bears will be at the Riflles to eat the salmon in Katmai National Park on a peak day? How large will a glacial outburst flood be in 2025 at its peak on the Mendenhall River? What will be the snowpack level be next year at a key time that defines both the risk for snowmelt flooding and water supply in the Pacific Northwest? There is a lot of interesting information out there and we rely on science to try and give us a hint at what is coming next. But much like fantasy sports, science helps to identify trends but nature’s variability can humble the best of us. This is just an attempt to find a fun way to track what is happening in the world and test how well we understand what is happening out there. This will likely take some time to develop as I am new to making apps but let me know your thoughts/suggestions. Here are some links to the sites of interest for those first 3 questions I posed that allows one to see for themselves without the need for interpretation:
Webcams – Katmai National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
Mendenhall R NR Auke Bay AK – USGS Water Data for the Nation