Thanks for the ideas and bug repors guys...detailed reports like these make it so much easier to keep the site in working order.
I'll push a new version to the beta site sometime this week that fixes at least some of these bugs. I'm looking into getting the snow depth models working again as I find that very useful this time of year...they changed their file naming scheme so I need to reverse engineer it again. Until then you can grab the kmz's to view in google earth at
www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/earth/
I agree with CookieMonster about the riskiness of the aspect/elevation avi forecast overlays. We also just moved to western montana where the avi forecast isn't that detailed (and doesn't come out every day).
I am thinking about evolving the hillmap slope analysis tool so that the user can specify elevation and or other things as well. My main use for this would be to try to find open clear cuts and burns above the last storms snow line that haven't gotten much sun but it could also be used to make your own highlights from an avi forecast ... it might just make things needlessly confusing though?
