Region Lower 48
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
Surface pressure (hPa) and instantaneous precip rate (mm/h)
ECMWF · Run 18Z 30 Sep · +0 h · Valid Wed 18Z 30 Sep
Surface pressure (hPa) and instantaneous precip rate (mm/h)
Heaviest rate 17.61 mm/h, near 20.0N 77.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 26.22 mm/h, near 40.5N 99.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 34.19 mm/h, near 41.5N 96.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 31.53 mm/h, near 32.75N 98.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 21.28 mm/h, near 38.25N 94.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 26.12 mm/h, near 38.75N 93.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 23.75 mm/h, near 24.75N 99.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 28.27 mm/h, near 26.25N 100.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 15.14 mm/h, near 30.25N 88.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 27.89 mm/h, near 26.25N 100.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 17.04 mm/h, near 33.5N 95.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 15.41 mm/h, near 20.0N 113.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 16.71 mm/h, near 30.5N 84.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 13.5 mm/h, near 20.0N 114.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 18.26 mm/h, near 38.75N 79.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 15.94 mm/h, near 37.0N 78.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 16.02 mm/h, near 33.0N 82.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 17.8 mm/h, near 20.0N 102.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 14.8 mm/h, near 25.75N 98.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 18.46 mm/h, near 40.25N 65.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
Heaviest rate 27.34 mm/h, near 35.0N 72.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.25 mm/h falling
One ECMWF run — issued 18Z 30 Sep — played forward 6 hours at a time, from its analysis 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 2 hPa interval, the same frame; only the forecast hour varies. Six-hourly to 120 hours. ECMWF's 18Z run forecasts out to 144 hours; this film stops at 120. The frames past the one shown load on demand.
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