Back in January of this year, I enthusiastically lauded the USGS for some nice new 'Streamflow 2.0' functionality: http://geofroth.org/?p=465 At the end of that post, I reported on their StreaMail program which provided a venue for getting sms or email updates on flow conditions at your favorite gaging station. My bold and crass assertion was that it 'verged on cool' or something to that effect, but that it needed more flexibility. Well, that sentiment was clearly widely felt (and probably keenly anticipated  by the originators), and the application has been followed-up on with an excellent one. Now, you can pick and choose your gages, a reporting interval, and a threshold discharge to trigger a notification. Super sweet. An RSS feed would also be good (maybe possible anyway?), but this is a huge and useful development.

The application is called Wateralert, and it is completely cool. Pick out your favorite gages and give it a run while the spring peak starts to develop...at least out West. Thanks to Joe Cook for reporting the new app to me!