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Flow Forecast work-in-progress

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Forecast the flow rate of a river based on historical data.

A GaugeWatcher experimental project that uses the Facebook Prophet library to forecast the flow rate of a river based on historical data.

Features

  • [x] Forecast the flow rate of USGS river gauge stations
  • [x] Dockerized API
  • [x] Documented with OpenAPI Spec
  • [ ] Forecast Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) river gauge stations
  • [ ] Forecast Canadian river gauge stations
  • [ ] Forecast New Zealand river gauge stations

Overview

Using Facebook's Prophet library, this project aims to forecast the flow rate of a river based on historical data. The goal is to help kayakers, rafters, and other river enthusiasts predict the flow rate of a river so they can plan their trips accordingly.