{"id":2651532,"date":"2025-01-21T10:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2651532"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:13:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:13:59","slug":"mapping-snow-fast","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Maps Fast (Using Snow Data!)"},"author":360352,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22931,22941],"tags":[42181,23201,26451,300972,764542],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2651532","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imagery","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography","tag-mapping-and-visualization","tag-snow","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":360352,"user_firstname":"Lauren","user_lastname":"Tierney","nickname":"Lauren Tierney","user_nicename":"ltierney","display_name":"Lauren Tierney","user_email":"ltierney@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/laurenctierney.com","user_registered":"2024-08-19 13:31:34","user_description":"Lauren Tierney is the Senior Product Manager of Mapping and Cartography at Esri. Before joining Esri in 2024 she was a Senior Graphics Reporter at The Washington Post, as well as a Graphics Editor at National Geographic Magazine. She has a masters degree in geography from the University of Oregon. Lauren is a cartographer who enjoys telling stories with maps and specializes in mapping environment, climate, wildlife, and adventure topics.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/250317-lauren-tierney-3z7a8501-213x200.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"short_description":"Learn how to make a map with SNODAS data in ArcGIS Pro and design a map quickly by planning ahead.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I did a little mapping hack. I knew I wanted to map <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2025\/01\/07\/snow-totals-winter-storm-recap\/\">a future snowstorm<\/a>, but I didn\u2019t want to wait until it happened to find a data source, pick colors, set up base data, etc. So, I made a map using the same data source but a totally different geography to test out my data processing and design decisions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2651572,"id":2651572,"title":"oregon-snow-map","filename":"Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","filesize":986292,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast\/screenshot-2025-01-03-154257","alt":"Map of snow depth in Oregon on January 3 2025","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"First map that was created to experiment with data workflow and design.","name":"screenshot-2025-01-03-154257","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2651532,"date":"2025-01-14 22:23:42","modified":"2025-01-14 22:24:45","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1124,"height":923,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","medium-width":318,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":631,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","large-width":1124,"large-height":923,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","1536x1536-width":1124,"1536x1536-height":923,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","2048x2048-width":1124,"2048x2048-height":923,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257-566x465.png","card_image-width":566,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-03-154257.png","wide_image-width":1124,"wide_image-height":923}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I could have waited until the day of the actual storm to find, download, process, and learn what data I wanted to use. But the nice thing about mapping snow is that there is always data available, and it is updated frequently. \u00a0Plus, when you can do some mapping prep, it can really help when you want (or need) to make a map quickly.<\/p>\n<p>I had two goals with this \u2018test\u2019 map developed using<a href=\"https:\/\/esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-pro\/overview\"> ArcGIS Pro<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to process Snow Data Assimilation System (SNODAS) data.<\/li>\n<li>Develop a custom color ramp to visualize snowfall depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Working with the data<\/h3>\n<p>First, I re-acquainted myself with <a href=\"https:\/\/nsidc.org\/data\/g02158\/versions\/1#anchor-data-access-tools\">SNODAS data products<\/a>. These products are found at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Weather Service&#8217;s National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC). This data product has a robust collection of snow pack properties, detailed in this very helpful <a href=\"https:\/\/nsidc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/g02158-v001-userguide_2_1.pdf\">user guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Building a custom color ramp<\/h3>\n<p>Second, I tested out <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/latest\/help\/mapping\/layer-properties\/color-schemes.htm\">a lot of different color ramps<\/a> in ArcGIS Pro. There are many amazing color scheme ramps included, but I love building custom color ramps, so I did some experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2654562,"id":2654562,"title":"snow-ramp","filename":"snow-ramp.jpg","filesize":91525,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/snow-ramp.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast\/snow-ramp","alt":"Image of different color scheme iterations.","author":"360352","description":"Image of different color scheme iterations. 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Pink\/magenta for less snow and cooler blue tones for more snow. But too much of this ramp was pink\/magenta, making it difficult to differentiate snow depths.<\/p>\n<p>I added more blue to the second half of the ramp for \u2018snowfall2\u2019, but the blues I used did not smoothly transition from navy blue to sea green.<\/p>\n<p>The ramp I ended up using for my maps, \u2018snowfall3\u2019, addressed the issues with the first two color schemes I made. Less of the ramp was in the pink\/magenta hue, and there is also a smoother transition from navy blue to sea green.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_te2xr26x","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2654582,"id":2654582,"title":"color-scheme-editor","filename":"Screenshot-2025-01-10-143333.png","filesize":49697,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-10-143333.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast\/screenshot-2025-01-10-143333","alt":"Image of color scheme editor","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"The final color scheme. Five color breaks with a linear algorithm and each stop is evenly distributed. 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SNODAS snow depth is measured in millimeters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nohrsc.noaa.gov\/nsa\/\">but for a U.S. audience<\/a>, I wanted to make a legend in feet\/inches. Adjusting both legend item settings and advanced labeling for my symbology, I could design a horizontal legend with labels in inches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2654632,"id":2654632,"title":"symbology-pane","filename":"Screenshot-2025-01-10-143937.png","filesize":68948,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-10-143937.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast\/screenshot-2025-01-10-143937","alt":"Image of Symbology pane","author":"360352","description":"In the Symbology pane I was able to use Advanced Labeling to change the labels for each color, different from the value.","caption":"In the Symbology pane I used Advanced Labeling to change the labels for each color, different from the value.","name":"screenshot-2025-01-10-143937","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2651532,"date":"2025-01-21 17:31:13","modified":"2025-01-21 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final map<\/h3>\n<p>By making a test map, I was able to make a new snow map of a different geography very quickly. The below map of snow across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, only took 30 minutes to make.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2654642,"id":2654642,"title":"final-map","filename":"Screenshot-2025-01-07-100726.png","filesize":1000024,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-07-100726.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast\/screenshot-2025-01-07-100726","alt":"Image of final map of the Mid Atlantic snow storm","author":"360352","description":"Final map of snow depth across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. ","caption":"Final map of snow depth across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. 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Maybe 45 minutes because I was busy exploring the beauty of the data. \ud83d\ude0a The patterns in the data show mountain ranges and hills, and the final colors help differentiate low and high snow depth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2654662,"id":2654662,"title":"mountains","filename":"Screenshot-2025-01-07-101629.png","filesize":1368848,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-07-101629.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-snow-fast\/screenshot-2025-01-07-101629","alt":"Close-up of final map","author":"360352","description":"Snow depth in the mountains of West Virginia.","caption":"Snow depth in the mountains of West Virginia.","name":"screenshot-2025-01-07-101629","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2651532,"date":"2025-01-21 17:37:29","modified":"2025-01-21 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