Region Lower 48
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
Surface pressure (hPa) and instantaneous precip rate (in/h)
ECMWF · Run 18Z 3 Oct · +0 h · Valid Sat 18Z 3 Oct
Surface pressure (hPa) and instantaneous precip rate (in/h)
Heaviest rate 0.741 in/h, near 31.25N 82.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.538 in/h, near 20.0N 112.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.778 in/h, near 20.0N 112.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.177 in/h, near 20.0N 113.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.782 in/h, near 20.25N 114.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.643 in/h, near 20.5N 114.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.554 in/h, near 20.5N 115.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.064 in/h, near 34.0N 75.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.248 in/h, near 20.25N 117.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 2.039 in/h, near 20.0N 118.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.691 in/h, near 30.75N 81.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.157 in/h, near 20.0N 120.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.261 in/h, near 31.5N 76.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.691 in/h, near 20.25N 122.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.104 in/h, near 20.0N 123.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.958 in/h, near 30.75N 77.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.753 in/h, near 26.75N 80.5W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.611 in/h, near 20.5N 124.0W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.875 in/h, near 22.0N 124.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 1.355 in/h, near 32.25N 73.75W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
Heaviest rate 0.72 in/h, near 22.5N 126.25W · unshaded ground is where the model has under 0.01 in/h falling
One ECMWF run — issued 18Z 3 Oct — 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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