Total precipitation, played forward
Region Northern Plains
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
ECMWF · Run 00Z 16 Oct · +6 h · Valid Fri 06Z 16 Oct
ECMWF · Run 00Z 16 Oct · +6 h · Valid Fri 06Z 16 Oct
Wettest 3.23 in at 20.0N 108.5W · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 3.86 in at 20.0N 108.5W · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 4.36 in, 165 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 4.52 in, 165 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 4.52 in, 165 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 4.68 in, 30 mi WNW of Teziutlán, Mexico · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 5.19 in, 30 mi WNW of Teziutlán, Mexico · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 5.56 in, 30 mi WNW of Teziutlán, Mexico · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 9.99 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 13.17 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 14.82 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 15.51 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 15.64 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 15.82 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 16.00 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 16.09 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 16.18 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 06Z
Wettest 16.26 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 12Z
Wettest 16.28 in at 35.75N 69.0W · to Tue 18Z
Wettest 16.56 in at 35.75N 69.0W · to Wed 00Z
Wettest 17.14 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 06Z
Wettest 18.29 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 19.06 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 19.13 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 19.24 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 19.32 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 19.44 in at 38.5N 69.5W · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 19.63 in at 38.5N 69.5W · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 19.65 in at 38.5N 69.5W · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 19.90 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 19.94 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 19.94 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 19.96 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 19.97 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 19.97 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 19.97 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 19.97 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 19.97 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 19.98 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 19.99 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 20.01 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 20.70 in at 35.75N 69.0W · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 20.78 in at 35.75N 69.0W · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 24.34 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 24.82 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Tue 06Z
Wettest 24.95 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Tue 12Z
Wettest 25.01 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Tue 18Z
Wettest 25.04 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Wed 00Z
Wettest 25.06 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Wed 06Z
Wettest 25.08 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 25.08 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 25.12 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 25.42 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 25.81 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 25.83 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 25.85 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 25.85 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 25.85 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 25.85 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 25.85 in at 38.5N 69.75W · to Sat 00Z
One ECMWF run, issued 00Z 16 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 6 to 360 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 360 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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