Storm Total Precipitation

Shows how much rain has fallen since the onset of precipitation.

Features:

A color image of an estimate of how much rain has fallen since the onset of precipitation

Generated in precipitation mode only (until one hour after precipitation ends)

Precipitation within 230km of the radar antenna

16 levels of rainfall accumulation in a sliding scale up to 15 inches

230km effective range of the radar scan

2km x 2km data resolution

Benefits:

Shows area of greatest accumulated precipitation

Maximum accumulation noted on the legend

Times of onset and data cutoff noted in legend

Data can be overlaid onto river and stream base maps

Key Beneficiaries:

Hydrologists

Emergency planners

Operational meteorologists

Agri-meteorologists

Applications:

Flash flood potential

Soil moisture modeling