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Posted by: crikey Offline Posted: Friday, 27 September 2019 9:11:47 AM(UTC)
Originally Posted by: Ken Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: crikey Go to Quoted Post
[b]I don't know whats up with WATL its hasn't been picking up the higher totals.Forecasting only a mm .,The final totals see a better result.

The band looked promising 'pete' but didn't deliver much . Which surprised me.Here at Tweed heads only 2mm Overnight .



Just remember, WATL's rainfall amount maps are an average of 8 models (whose rainfall positioning is then adjusted to account for differing positions of heavier rainfall)so if some of the component models are hardly forecasting any rain, it'll push that average down. Also note that WATL maps won't show any forecast amounts below 1mm because that's the min threshold for the colour scale.
Also worth remembering that the exact rainfall amounts and positioning from patchy convective rainfall are much harder to accurately predict than widespread stratiform rainfall with some locations getting a lot less or more than others. So using a multimodel average will blur these finer details (but this type of consensus approach is statistically more accurate on average than using a single model).

Also, those bands of showers/storms will often look more impressive on radar than the rainfall amounts they produce during dry regimes such as the current one because the constant height of about 10,000ft that the radar scans for the public radar imagery means that a significant proportion of that rainfall evaporates before reaching the ground.


Yes.Thanks for that KEN. Makes sense. If l think back ACC R was only showing very light totals . I forget that models don't show thunderstorm out put and that is why we always say. 'could be higher totals under thunderstorms'Blushing
Also forgetting that the tweed is on the other side of the ranges and we sometimes get less with the weaker systems and the ranges get more.


I have seen WATL do very well indeed with some of those big depressions.

Anyway great to have something to watch and cheer for. Good luck today 'guys' with any amount of rain and stormsThumpUp
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