Total precipitation, played forward
Region Lower 48
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
ECMWF · Run 12Z 15 Oct · +6 h · Valid Thu 18Z 15 Oct
ECMWF · Run 12Z 15 Oct · +6 h · Valid Thu 18Z 15 Oct
Wettest 53 mm, 35 km N of Wichita Falls, Texas · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 75 mm, 35 km WNW of Ardmore, Oklahoma · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 101 mm, 80 km SSE of San Angelo, Texas · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 149 mm at 20.0N 109.25W · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 161 mm at 20.0N 109.25W · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 161 mm at 20.0N 109.25W · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 161 mm at 20.0N 109.25W · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 161 mm at 20.0N 109.25W · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 161 mm at 20.0N 109.25W · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 168 mm, 45 km WNW of Teziutlán, Mexico · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 288 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 370 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 414 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 431 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 440 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 441 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 443 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 446 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 447 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 06Z
Wettest 452 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 12Z
Wettest 453 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 18Z
Wettest 455 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 00Z
Wettest 471 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 06Z
Wettest 490 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 501 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 503 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 503 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 504 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 507 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 508 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 512 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 516 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 517 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 518 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 518 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 519 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 519 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 519 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 519 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 519 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 519 mm, 110 km ENE of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 521 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 526 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 531 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 543 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 543 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 543 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Tue 06Z
Wettest 543 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Tue 12Z
Wettest 543 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Tue 18Z
Wettest 543 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Wed 00Z
Wettest 544 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Wed 06Z
Wettest 544 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 544 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 544 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 545 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 545 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 545 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 545 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 545 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 546 mm at 35.25N 68.25W · to Fri 12Z
One ECMWF run, issued 12Z 15 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.
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 the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). 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. Every model's full forecast for any of these cities, or anywhere else, is in the beta: request an invite; it's free during the beta.
Sources and licences
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