Streamflow forecasts for snow-driven basins
Navigate the full snow lifecycle with confidence — from winter accumulation to rain-on-snow events and the spring melt. With industry-leading inflow and water supply forecasts, SWE predictions, and historical snowpack data, you'll always be prepared for what's heading downstream.
Snow intelligence built for operational decisions
Go beyond basic snowpack monitoring. HydroForecast gives your team the full picture — from SWE depth to elevation-band breakdowns to extreme-weather alerts.
Snowmelt insights
Snowmelt is one of the most consequential — and hardest to predict — drivers of spring streamflow. Anticipate peak runoff timing and magnitude, shift between melt timing dynamics and seasonal volume forecasts, and manage reservoir levels before costly surprises arrive.
Historical SWE analysis
Access decades of historical snowpack records broken down by elevation band, with current conditions updated daily. Compare current conditions against historical climatology and understand how snow distribution across elevation bands affects your seasonal inflows.
Rain-on-snow & extreme weather
Prepare for rain-on-snow events, rapid melt, and atmospheric rivers before they arrive. HydroForecast outperformed the next best model during snowmelt season by 41% — so when conditions are most volatile, your forecast holds.
Navigate every snowmelt season with confidence
Managing snowmelt uncertainty starts before the season does. This operational guide walks through how leading hydropower operators and water managers build AI-driven resilience into their spring planning — from SWE benchmarking to freshet scenario mapping.
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Trusted by leading water organizations in snow-driven regions
Advancing snow and land surface intelligence for forecast accuracy
Learn how we leverage theory-guided machine learning to turn sparse observations into reliable inflow certainty. This series highlights our journey from research to real-world product innovation.
The ML advantage
Explore how private-sector machine learning model advancements are closing the gap in water supply forecasting by extracting deeper value from existing snow datasets.
Product innovation
See how HydroForecast is training models to predict SWE and soil moisture as auxiliary outputs — giving streamflow models a richer understanding of land surface processes and improving forecast accuracy in snow-dominated basins.
Technical deep dive
See concrete examples of how HydroForecast captures complex snow dynamics and remains reliable even when ground-level observations are limited or unavailable.
Approaches specific to glaciated basins
Glaciated environments come with unique challenges. HydroForecast rises to the occasion in a changing world.
Research and development
New research on using sparse snow data for more accurate forecasts.
Industry-leading insights on working with snow data
Hear directly from water managers and snow data practitioners at PCWA and Denver Water as they discuss how snowpack data is collected, integrated into spring runoff forecasts, and enhanced with AI-driven modeling — practical insights for any team operating in snow-dominated basins.
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Optimize your snow season, no matter where you manage water
Don't wait for the peak melt to find the gaps in your current modeling. Whether you are managing high-altitude snowpack in the Alps or rapid freshets in the Canadian Maritimes, our team can show you how our short-term inflow and seasonal water supply forecasts — updated daily — perform in your specific terrain.
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