One-Hour Precipitation

Shows how much rain has fallen during the past hour.

Features:

A color image of an estimate of how much rain has fallen in the past hour

Generated in precipitation mode only

Continuous rainfall accumulations at the surface

16 levels of rainfall accumulation in a sliding scale up to 10 inches

230km effective range of the radar scan

2km x 2km data resolution

Shows rainfall rate/accumulation over the past hour

Tracks events over a short period of time

The maximum 1-hour accumulation is noted on the legend

Data can be overlaid onto river and stream base maps

Key Beneficiaries:

Hydrologists

Emergency planners

Operational meteorologists

Applications:

Flash flood potential

General forecasting tool