MSLP + precip rate
GEM · Run 12Z 14 Oct · +6 h · Valid Wed 18Z 14 Oct
Region Northern Plains
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
Surface pressure (hPa) and 6-hour averaged precip rate (in/h)
GEM · Run 12Z 14 Oct · +6 h · Valid Wed 18Z 14 Oct
Surface pressure (hPa) and 6-hour averaged precip rate (in/h)
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.338 in/h, near 35.85N 98.4W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.219 in/h, near 34.65N 100.8W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.664 in/h, near 34.8N 99.15W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.516 in/h, near 35.4N 97.35W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.443 in/h, near 34.95N 97.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.325 in/h, near 32.1N 100.8W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.705 in/h, near 29.25N 102.6W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.54 in/h, near 29.55N 101.55W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.579 in/h, near 22.05N 105.15W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.535 in/h, near 21.75N 98.55W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.474 in/h, near 21.45N 89.85W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.274 in/h, near 52.8N 127.8W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.338 in/h, near 21.6N 95.85W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.545 in/h, near 21.0N 96.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.404 in/h, near 20.55N 95.85W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.532 in/h, near 20.4N 95.7W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.366 in/h, near 20.1N 95.4W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.483 in/h, near 20.1N 94.65W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.311 in/h, near 31.35N 65.4W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.325 in/h, near 27.3N 70.2W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
One GEM run — issued 12Z 14 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from 6 hours out to 120 hours out.
Methodology
Step forward and the pressure pattern moves, and the precipitation under it moves with it: that motion is the weather this run forecasts, not the forecast changing — Forecast Evolution is the film for that. Same chart grammar as the surface analysis: the same reduction, the same 4 hPa interval, the same frame; only the forecast hour varies. Six-hourly to 120 hours. GEM forecasts out to 240 hours; this film stops at 120. The frames past the one shown load on demand. GEM publishes no precipitation rate, so the shading here is the 6-hour mean rate — the run's total precipitation at each frame less the total 6 hours before, over 6 — on the same scale as the instant the other models shade with. A mean over 6 hours is smoother and weaker than an instant, so its heavy bands light less often on the same weather; and because no 6-hour bucket ends at the analysis, this film opens at +6 h rather than showing one frame with no rain under it.
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Sources and licences
- Environment and Climate Change Canada: GEM, from the MSC Datamart. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, under its Data Services End-use Licence.
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