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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 00Z 2 Oct · +6 h · Valid Fri 06Z 2 Oct
Surface pressure (hPa) and 6-hour averaged precip rate (in/h)
Heaviest 6-hour mean 1.056 in/h, near 30.75N 95.85W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 1.0 in/h, near 28.35N 97.65W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.59 in/h, near 21.9N 99.3W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.556 in/h, near 30.45N 81.9W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.813 in/h, near 22.8N 105.15W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.476 in/h, near 21.0N 105.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.83 in/h, near 30.3N 92.4W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.562 in/h, near 30.6N 91.05W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.702 in/h, near 30.15N 82.8W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.511 in/h, near 30.9N 87.3W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.656 in/h, near 30.45N 86.4W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.436 in/h, near 30.15N 88.2W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.609 in/h, near 27.15N 82.2W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 1.264 in/h, near 21.3N 97.8W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 1.034 in/h, near 22.2N 97.8W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.554 in/h, near 29.55N 80.7W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.433 in/h, near 29.4N 80.4W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.73 in/h, near 20.7N 97.2W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.49 in/h, near 21.15N 97.35W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest 6-hour mean 0.799 in/h, near 28.35N 81.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
One GEM run — issued 00Z 2 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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