Three-Hour Precipitation

Shows how much rain has fallen in the past three hours.

Features:

A color image of an estimate of how much rain has fallen during the past 3 hours

Generated in precipitation mode only

Continuous rainfall accumulations at the surface

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

230km effective range of the radar scan

2km x 2km data resolution

Benefits:

Shows areas of continuous heavy rainfall accumulation

Notes maximum three-hour accumulation 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