Automated Data Plotter

This application dynamically generates many types of graphs derived from various IEM data sources. Feel free to use these generated graphics in whatever way you wish.

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1 Select a Chart Type

2 Configure Chart Options

Plot Description:

This plot shows the weekly change in drought monitor intensity expressed in terms of category change over the area of the selected state. For example, an arrow of length one pointing up would indicate a one category improvement in drought over the area of the state. This plot uses a JSON data service provided by the Drought Monitor website.

In the case of plotting contiguous US values, the magnitude of the change values is multiplied by five as drought changes at that scale are slower than at the state scale when normalized by area.

3 Generated Chart

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Generated chart
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