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.
GFS · Run 06Z 16 Oct · +6 h · Valid Fri 12Z 16 Oct
GFS · Run 06Z 16 Oct · +6 h · Valid Fri 12Z 16 Oct
Wettest 3.83 in at 20.0N 108.75W · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 4.12 in at 20.0N 108.75W · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 4.12 in at 20.0N 108.75W · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 4.12 in at 20.0N 108.75W · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 4.44 in near Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 4.85 in near Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 6.20 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 8.69 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 10.49 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 11.39 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 11.59 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 11.67 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 11.84 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 11.98 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 12.10 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 12.10 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 06Z
Wettest 12.20 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 12Z
Wettest 12.38 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Tue 18Z
Wettest 12.58 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 00Z
Wettest 13.53 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 06Z
Wettest 14.55 in, 70 mi NE of Veracruz, Mexico · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 14.92 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 15.23 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 15.59 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 16.07 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 16.33 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 16.35 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 16.35 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 16.35 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 16.37 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 16.40 in, 85 mi E of Nautla, Mexico · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 16.44 in, 130 mi SE of Wilmington, North Carolina · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 19.74 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 20.99 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 21.61 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 21.67 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sun 06Z
Wettest 21.73 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sun 12Z
Wettest 21.97 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sun 18Z
Wettest 21.97 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Mon 00Z
Wettest 22.00 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Mon 06Z
Wettest 22.01 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Mon 12Z
Wettest 22.03 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Mon 18Z
Wettest 22.37 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Tue 00Z
Wettest 22.78 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Tue 06Z
Wettest 23.16 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Tue 12Z
Wettest 23.35 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Tue 18Z
Wettest 23.44 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Wed 00Z
Wettest 23.46 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Wed 06Z
Wettest 23.47 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Wed 12Z
Wettest 23.53 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Wed 18Z
Wettest 23.56 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Thu 00Z
Wettest 23.57 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Thu 06Z
Wettest 23.57 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Thu 12Z
Wettest 23.57 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Thu 18Z
Wettest 23.57 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Fri 00Z
Wettest 23.57 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Fri 06Z
Wettest 23.58 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Fri 12Z
Wettest 23.58 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Fri 18Z
Wettest 23.58 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sat 00Z
Wettest 23.59 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sat 06Z
Wettest 23.60 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sat 12Z
Wettest 23.62 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sat 18Z
Wettest 23.62 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sun 00Z
Wettest 23.62 in, 155 mi SSE of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina · to Sun 06Z
One GFS run, issued 06Z 16 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 6 to 384 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 384 hours. GFS forecasts out to 384 hours. 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. 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
- NOAA: GFS, from NOAA's NOMADS server. US government data, not subject to copyright (NOAA/NWS terms of use).
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