Total precipitation, played forward
ECMWF · Run 06Z 14 Oct · +6 h · Valid Wed 12Z 14 Oct
Region Northern Plains
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
ECMWF · Run 06Z 14 Oct · +6 h · Valid Wed 12Z 14 Oct
Wettest 2.14 in, 185 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 2.68 in, 185 mi WSW of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 3.22 in at 20.0N 108.5W · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 3.24 in at 20.0N 108.5W · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 3.26 in at 20.0N 108.5W · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 4.10 in, 30 mi NE of Vernon, Texas · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 4.23 in, 30 mi NE of Vernon, Texas · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 5.47 in, 80 mi NNW of Del Rio, Texas · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 6.74 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 7.45 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 7.51 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 7.51 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 7.51 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 7.51 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 7.51 in, 95 mi SE of Alpine, Texas · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 8.43 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 11.16 in, 55 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 12.07 in, 55 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 12.21 in, 55 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 12.34 in, 55 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 12.42 in, 55 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 12.84 in at 30.25N 68.5W · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 13.63 in at 30.25N 68.5W · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 13.72 in at 30.25N 68.5W · to Tue 06Z
One ECMWF run, issued 06Z 14 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 6 to 144 hours out.
Methodology
Each frame is everything this run puts down from its start to that hour, so the map fills in as the film plays and its last frame is the run's whole total. 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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