Region Southern Plains
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
GFS · Run 00Z 1 Oct · +24 h · Valid Fri 00Z 2 Oct
Wettest 264 mm, 65 km WSW of La Cruz, Mexico · Thu 00Z to Fri 00Z
Wettest 245 mm, 75 km SSW of Eldorado, Mexico · Thu 06Z to Fri 06Z
Wettest 233 mm, 35 km NE of Laredo, Texas · Thu 12Z to Fri 12Z
Wettest 251 mm, 35 km NE of Laredo, Texas · Thu 18Z to Fri 18Z
Wettest 250 mm, 35 km NE of Laredo, Texas · Fri 00Z to Sat 00Z
Wettest 235 mm, 35 km NE of Laredo, Texas · Fri 06Z to Sat 06Z
Wettest 169 mm at 20.0N 111.25W · Fri 12Z to Sat 12Z
Wettest 171 mm at 20.0N 111.25W · Fri 18Z to Sat 18Z
Wettest 181 mm at 20.25N 112.75W · Sat 00Z to Sun 00Z
Wettest 215 mm at 20.25N 113.0W · Sat 06Z to Sun 06Z
Wettest 207 mm, 45 km NNW of Gulfport, Mississippi · Sat 12Z to Sun 12Z
Wettest 205 mm at 20.0N 113.75W · Sat 18Z to Sun 18Z
Wettest 226 mm, 40 km W of Crestview, Florida · Sun 00Z to Mon 00Z
Wettest 222 mm, 40 km W of Crestview, Florida · Sun 06Z to Mon 06Z
Wettest 180 mm, 40 km W of Crestview, Florida · Sun 12Z to Mon 12Z
Wettest 192 mm, 40 km NNW of Panama City, Florida · Sun 18Z to Mon 18Z
Wettest 226 mm, 40 km NNW of Panama City, Florida · Mon 00Z to Tue 00Z
Wettest 220 mm, 40 km NNW of Panama City, Florida · Mon 06Z to Tue 06Z
Wettest 213 mm, 60 km N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Mon 12Z to Tue 12Z
Wettest 327 mm, 60 km N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Mon 18Z to Tue 18Z
Wettest 326 mm, 60 km N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Tue 00Z to Wed 00Z
Wettest 298 mm, 60 km N of Tuxpam, Mexico · Tue 06Z to Wed 06Z
Wettest 178 mm at 20.25N 122.25W · Tue 12Z to Wed 12Z
Wettest 201 mm, 130 km SE of Apalachicola, Florida · Tue 18Z to Wed 18Z
Wettest 205 mm, 255 km ESE of Charleston, South Carolina · Wed 00Z to Thu 00Z
Wettest 205 mm, 255 km ESE of Charleston, South Carolina · Wed 06Z to Thu 06Z
Wettest 203 mm, 260 km SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · Wed 12Z to Thu 12Z
Wettest 186 mm, 260 km SE of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina · Wed 18Z to Thu 18Z
Wettest 176 mm, 260 km SE of Wilmington, North Carolina · Thu 00Z to Fri 00Z
Wettest 272 mm at 22.5N 94.5W · Thu 06Z to Fri 06Z
Wettest 276 mm at 22.5N 94.5W · Thu 12Z to Fri 12Z
Wettest 270 mm at 22.5N 94.5W · Thu 18Z to Fri 18Z
Wettest 164 mm at 22.5N 94.5W · Fri 00Z to Sat 00Z
Wettest 178 mm, 210 km ENE of Brownsville, Texas · Fri 06Z to Sat 06Z
Wettest 293 mm, 195 km ESE of Corpus Christi, Texas · Fri 12Z to Sat 12Z
Wettest 335 mm, 130 km SW of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico · Fri 18Z to Sat 18Z
Wettest 363 mm, 130 km SW of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico · Sat 00Z to Sun 00Z
One GFS run, issued 00Z 1 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 24 to 240 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 240 hours. GFS forecasts out to 384 hours; this film stops at 240. The frames past the one shown load on demand. Uncorrected model output.
This map is drawn from model output we store ourselves, not from anyone's picture of it, and is based on data and products of NOAA. The per-city read of the same day — which cities the models are fighting about, and what the discussion makes of it — is on the national page.
Sources and licences
- NOAA: GFS, from NOAA's NOMADS server. US government data, not subject to copyright (NOAA/NWS terms of use).
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Coastlines, borders, lakes and place names: Natural Earth, public domain.