Absolute PWAT
ECMWF · Run 06Z 15 Oct · +0 h · Valid Thu 06Z 15 Oct
Region Lower 48
United States
Europe
The readings under the map are for the whole map, not only the part shown.
ECMWF · Run 06Z 15 Oct · +0 h · Valid Thu 06Z 15 Oct
Deepest column 2.42 in, 25 mi W of Compostela, Mexico
Deepest column 2.38 in, 25 mi W of Compostela, Mexico
Deepest column 2.33 in, 50 mi NE of Guantánamo, Cuba
Deepest column 2.43 in, 25 mi W of Compostela, Mexico
Deepest column 2.47 in at 20.0N 109.0W
Deepest column 2.53 in, 180 mi SSE of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Deepest column 2.58 in, 150 mi S of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Deepest column 2.53 in, 20 mi N of Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Deepest column 2.55 in, 30 mi E of Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Deepest column 2.51 in, 25 mi NE of Nautla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.55 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.58 in, 65 mi NE of Nautla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.56 in, 85 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.55 in, 125 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.58 in, 95 mi NE of Veracruz, Mexico
Deepest column 2.55 in, 110 mi ENE of Veracruz, Mexico
Deepest column 2.57 in, 120 mi NNE of Santiago Tuxtla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.51 in, 120 mi NNW of Paraíso, Mexico
Deepest column 2.52 in, 140 mi NE of Veracruz, Mexico
Deepest column 2.51 in, 125 mi NNE of Santiago Tuxtla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.49 in, 110 mi ENE of Veracruz, Mexico
Deepest column 2.54 in, 95 mi NE of Veracruz, Mexico
Deepest column 2.50 in, 65 mi NNE of Nautla, Mexico
Deepest column 2.46 in, 25 mi E of Tuxpam, Mexico
Deepest column 2.50 in, 70 mi ENE of Nautla, Mexico
One ECMWF run, issued 06Z 15 Oct — played forward 6 hours at a time, from the analysis to 144 hours out.
Methodology
PWAT — precipitable water — is how much water vapour the air overhead holds, as the depth of water it would make if it all fell at once.
Six-hourly to 144 hours. ECMWF's 00Z and 12Z runs forecast out to 360 hours, its 06Z and 18Z runs to 144.
The colours are a depth scale, the same everywhere: the cream band is a depth, not a normal. The same column is deep for Salt Lake City and shallow for Miami, so this map cannot say whether the air is unusual — the Relative to normal chart ranks each place against its own record, and that is the one to read for that.
GFS files this field as PWAT and ECMWF as total column water vapour, the same quantity. Uncorrected model output.
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