The Great Salt Lake is disappearing. This repo serves as a reminder and as proof of concept for a Bluesky bot.
I retrieve the current water level data from NWIS data displayed here and post it to Bluesky using the atprototools package. I include comparisons to the average water level 1, 2, and 10 years ago calculated using historical data.
Water level is reported in feet above mean sea level (NGVD 1929) for USGS site 10010100 near Saline, UT, which is located at the north arm of the lake. This value varies from values recorded at other sites, particularly those from the south arm of the lake. For example, this commonly used web app uses the value for water level taken from the south arm of the lake at USGS site 10010000 near Saltair, UT.
Required Python packages are listed in requirements.txt.
- Water level data is retrieved from the Great Salt Lake Water Level website.
- Thanks to the authors of atprototools for the Python tools for Bluesky.
