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Displaying WMS layers

Add a Web Map Service layer using data provided by NOAA

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Displaying WMS layers</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
  body { margin:0; padding:0; }
  #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<style>
.menu-ui {
  background:#fff;
  position:absolute;
  top:10px;right:10px;
  z-index:1;
  border-radius:3px;
  width:120px;
  border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
  }
  .menu-ui a {
    font-size:13px;
    color:#404040;
    display:block;
    margin:0;padding:0;
    padding:10px;
    text-decoration:none;
    border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
    text-align:center;
    }
    .menu-ui a:first-child {
      border-radius:3px 3px 0 0;
      }
    .menu-ui a:last-child {
      border:none;
      border-radius:0 0 3px 3px;
      }
    .menu-ui a:hover {
      background:#f8f8f8;
      color:#404040;
      }
    .menu-ui a.active {
      background:#3887BE;
      color:#FFF;
      }
      .menu-ui a.active:hover {
        background:#3074a4;
        }
</style>
<div id='map'>
	<nav id='map-ui' class='menu-ui'>
    <a href='#' class='active' id='temperature'>Temperature</a>
    <a href='#' class='active' id='precipitation'>Precipitation</a>
  </nav>
</div>
<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
    .setView([37, -99], 3)
    .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

// Add each wms layer using L.tileLayer.wms
var temperature = L.tileLayer.wms('http://gis.srh.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/NDFDTemps/MapServer/WMSServer', {
    format: 'img/png',
    transparent: true,
    layers: 16
}).addTo(map);

var precipitation = L.tileLayer.wms('http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/analysis_meteohydro_sfc_qpe_time/MapServer/WmsServer', {
    format: 'image/png',
    transparent: true,
    layers: '5'
}).addTo(map);

// Layer switcher
document.getElementById('temperature').onclick = function () {
    var enable = this.className !== 'active';
    temperature.setOpacity(enable ? 1 : 0);
    this.className = enable ? 'active' : '';
    return false;
};

document.getElementById('precipitation').onclick = function () {
    var enable = this.className !== 'active';
    precipitation.setOpacity(enable ? 1 : 0);
    this.className = enable ? 'active' : '';
    return false;
};
</script>
</body>
</html>
to create your own custom map and use it in this example.
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