Region Lower 48
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ECMWF · Run 18Z 30 Sep · +24 h · Valid Thu 18Z 1 Oct
Wettest 6.52 in, 40 mi W of Ft. Worth, Texas · Wed 18Z to Thu 18Z
Wettest 6.51 in, 40 mi W of Ft. Worth, Texas · Thu 00Z to Fri 00Z
Wettest 6.40 in, 50 mi W of Columbia, Missouri · Thu 06Z to Fri 06Z
Wettest 6.38 in, 50 mi W of Columbia, Missouri · Thu 12Z to Fri 12Z
Wettest 5.63 in at 20.0N 109.75W · Thu 18Z to Fri 18Z
Wettest 5.90 in, 20 mi SSE of Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico · Fri 00Z to Sat 00Z
Wettest 6.92 in, 20 mi SSE of Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico · Fri 06Z to Sat 06Z
Wettest 6.52 in, 20 mi SSE of Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico · Fri 12Z to Sat 12Z
Wettest 6.74 in, 20 mi SSE of Sabinas Hidalgo, Mexico · Fri 18Z to Sat 18Z
Wettest 4.62 in at 20.0N 112.25W · Sat 00Z to Sun 00Z
Wettest 4.54 in at 20.0N 114.0W · Sat 06Z to Sun 06Z
Wettest 4.70 in at 20.0N 114.75W · Sat 12Z to Sun 12Z
Wettest 4.58 in at 20.0N 114.75W · Sat 18Z to Sun 18Z
Wettest 4.00 in near Freeport, Texas · Sun 00Z to Mon 00Z
Wettest 3.94 in, 30 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas · Sun 06Z to Mon 06Z
Wettest 4.23 in, 30 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas · Sun 12Z to Mon 12Z
Wettest 3.77 in, 35 mi NE of Harlingen, Texas · Sun 18Z to Mon 18Z
Wettest 5.59 in, 40 mi N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Mon 00Z to Tue 00Z
Wettest 5.39 in, 40 mi N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Mon 06Z to Tue 06Z
Wettest 5.27 in, 40 mi N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Mon 12Z to Tue 12Z
Wettest 6.72 in at 33.0N 72.5W · Mon 18Z to Tue 18Z
One ECMWF run, issued 18Z 30 Sep — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 24 to 144 hours out.
Methodology
Each frame is the precipitation this run puts down in the 24 hours to it — its total at that hour less its total 24 hours before — so the film starts at +24 h, the first frame with a whole day behind it. Liquid-equivalent: snow counts as the water it melts to.
The colours are Tropical Tidbits' scale, so a reader who knows theirs can read this one. Three of its steps are re-shaded: at 0.5 in, at 2 in — where, on theirs, a reader with protanopia sees the 1.75–2 in band and the 2–2.5 in band as one colour — and among the yellows above 12 in. Same hues; the lightness is re-spaced so every step is visible in every common form of colour-blindness.
Six-hourly to 144 hours. ECMWF's 00Z and 12Z runs forecast out to 360 hours, its 06Z and 18Z runs to 144. The frames past the one shown load on demand. Uncorrected model output.
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