<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Accumulated rainfall legend]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Dear Windy,<br />
Is there a way to customise the accumulated rainfall legend?<br />
<img src="/assets/uploads/files/1602563892084-legend.png" alt="legend.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /><br />
I would like more resolution between 40 mm and 1 m, especially when looking at 10 day accumulations when flooding is possible.<br />
eg:  0 ,1, 5, 10, 15, 25, 50, 100, 150, 200, 300, 400.  I have added these extra lines to customise my colour scale, but the fixed displayed legend is not helpful.<br />
For example:  <img src="/assets/uploads/files/1602564372981-legend2.png" alt="legend2.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /><br />
Regards<br />
AtmosJ</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/topic/13970/accumulated-rainfall-legend</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:38:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.windy.com/topic/13970.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:02:41 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:28:39 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anthony10" aria-label="Profile: anthony10">@<bdi>anthony10</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">With the final colour scale here</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1648996096356-capture-d-e-cran-2022-04-03-a-16.19.46.png" alt="Capture d’écran 2022-04-03 à 16.19.46.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/103547</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/103547</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2022 14:28:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:05:42 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anthony10" aria-label="Profile: anthony10">@<bdi>anthony10</bdi></a><br />
Fine but you have one line missing between 200 and 300:<br />
[299,[176,37,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,</p>
<p dir="auto">And try for 0 and 0.5 a lighter grey<br />
&lsqb;&lsqb;0,[130,130,130&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[0.5,[130,130,130&rsqb;&rsqb;,</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/103081</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/103081</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:05:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Wed, 30 Mar 2022 02:38:05 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/idefix37" aria-label="Profile: idefix37">@<bdi>idefix37</bdi></a> Great, I've just updated my code to match.</p>
<p dir="auto">Thank you again for all this help :)</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1648607844969-175d4ec4-ec82-478f-86bd-9ec6569c6d99-image.png" alt="175d4ec4-ec82-478f-86bd-9ec6569c6d99-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/103070</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/103070</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[anthony10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2022 02:38:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:15:10 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anthony10" aria-label="Profile: anthony10">@<bdi>anthony10</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">I come back on the upper end of the colour scale. I was not satisfied with the red colours and with 10 days accumulation in tropical area where it is necessary to have a semi logarithmic scale.<br />
So I propose these steps:<br />
…<br />
300mm<br />
400mm<br />
700mm<br />
1200mm</p>
<p dir="auto">With the following code from 300mm:<br />
…<br />
[300,[251,40,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[399,[251,40,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[400,[240,0,50&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[698,[240,0,50&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[700,[210,11,40&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[1150,[210,11,40&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[1200,[143,11,40&rsqb;&rsqb;]</p>
<p dir="auto">Today, as example, using this setting, on 10 days accumulation, in the East of Cairns ACCESS gives this map:</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1648563235685-44c0ff35-b0c6-477d-9f90-1db96e7483ee.jpeg" alt="44C0FF35-B0C6-477D-9F90-1DB96E7483EE.jpeg" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">For the light grey, I used 170,170,170</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/103015</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/103015</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:15:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:29:55 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anthony10" aria-label="Profile: anthony10">@<bdi>anthony10</bdi></a><br />
Yes, the white used by this colour scale does not enable to get details of the base map. But you could use a lighter grey such as 130,130,130 to avoid too much contrast. And the problem will be the same with the bright yellow to see the locations in base map.<br />
Another glitch is the 2 red colours which are difficult to distinguish.<br />
If you like the overall scale, from this base you can make some small additional adjustments mainly because this colour scale has probably been designed for black printed map and labels.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/102988</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/102988</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:29:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:17:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/idefix37" aria-label="Profile: idefix37">@<bdi>idefix37</bdi></a> Thank you, really appreciate your help :)</p>
<p dir="auto">I've just change the 0mm &amp; 0.5mm RGB codes back to the default grey.</p>
<p dir="auto">The new colour codes really help the different mm amounts pop.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1648505814261-a73a6c87-d700-4058-a070-cbbd541788de-image.png" alt="a73a6c87-d700-4058-a070-cbbd541788de-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/102950</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/102950</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[anthony10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:17:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:39:36 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anthony10" aria-label="Profile: anthony10">@<bdi>anthony10</bdi></a><br />
I’ve lost the file so I had to redo it.<br />
I have set the colour precisely to the original colour scale, but I have modified the upper end above 400mm which is to low for 10 days accumulation in tropical areas.</p>
<p dir="auto">Here is the code:</p>
<p dir="auto">&lsqb;&lsqb;0,[255,255,255&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[0.5,[255,255,255&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[1,[247,185,95&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[4.5,[247,185,95&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[5,[253,175,42&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[9.5,[253,175,42&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[10,[254,252,55&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[14,[254,252,55&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[15,[180,253,51&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[24,[180,253,51&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[25,[86,253,48&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[49,[86,253,48&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[50,[35,228,155&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[99,[35,228,155&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[100,[30,167,252&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[149,[30,167,252&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[150,[65,72,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[199,[65,72,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[200,[176,37,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[299,[176,37,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[300,[251,40,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[399,[251,40,251&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[400,[253,80,156&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[698,[253,80,156&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[700,[244,10,75&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[998,[244,10,75&rsqb;&rsqb;,<br />
[1000,[143,11,40&rsqb;&rsqb;]</p>
<p dir="auto">You must modify the color settings on the website. That’s not possible from the phone app. But the same modification will be applied to all your devices.<br />
Go to Settings<br />
Scroll down and choose Customize color scale<br />
Select overlay:<br />
Rain accumulation<br />
At bottom of page find the line Import/export<br />
Click on [view code] to open a window pop up<br />
Delete the text code in this window<br />
Select and copy all lines of code here above and paste them in the window<br />
Press [Import Gradient]<br />
Press Save<br />
You can come back to the default Windy settings at any time by pressing Load defaults</p>
<p dir="auto">It gives this scale and map:</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1648489165377-0c575932-540d-43f6-86c9-740f12dca482.jpeg" alt="0C575932-540D-43F6-86C9-740F12DCA482.jpeg" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">Hope you’ll use it.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/102931</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/102931</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 18:39:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:43:41 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/idefix37" aria-label="Profile: idefix37">@<bdi>idefix37</bdi></a> Yes please, I was hoping you would still have these color codes.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1648453380151-12cfd907-4329-4a49-bc11-d0f01a506888-image.png" alt="12cfd907-4329-4a49-bc11-d0f01a506888-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/102866</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/102866</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[anthony10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:43:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:37:37 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/anthony10" aria-label="Profile: anthony10">@<bdi>anthony10</bdi></a><br />
You mean the code of the colour settings here above that I made for <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/atmosj" aria-label="Profile: atmosj">@<bdi>atmosj</bdi></a> ?<br />
I am not sure to have it still, I check and come back later.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/102865</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/102865</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:37:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:13:11 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/idefix37" aria-label="Profile: idefix37">@<bdi>idefix37</bdi></a> Would it be still possible to grab your colour code for the rain accumulation?</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/102837</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/102837</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[anthony10]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 00:13:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:40:16 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/atmosj" aria-label="Profile: atmosj">@<bdi>atmosj</bdi></a><br />
More than the fixed colour scale at bottom right corner of the screen, the fact that colours are smoothed/blended in Windy does not allow to see clearly the different colour ranges. You can overcome this problem and get a discrete (not smoothed) scale with only a small blending between each colour range:</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1613218218909-capture-d-e-cran-2021-02-13-a-12.07.39.png" alt="Capture d’écran 2021-02-13 à 12.07.39.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">If you want to get the code in order to use directly this colour scale, just let me know. That's easier instead of adding lines.<br />
To make a comparison with this colour scale and your own scale, you may use the new one with a different browser without logging in.</p>
<p dir="auto">Personally I would use the 400 - 500mm red for 500 -1000mm and vice versa.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/70749</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/70749</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:40:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:29:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/idefix37" aria-label="Profile: idefix37">@<bdi>idefix37</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">Thanks.  Here are my settings.  I just estimated the colours.  The upper reds were a failed attempt to make the legend more helpful.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1613179748670-3bd9c3e1-5a85-4026-bfa5-4759e5d0e64e-image.png" alt="3bd9c3e1-5a85-4026-bfa5-4759e5d0e64e-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/70725</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/70725</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[atmosj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:29:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:21:43 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/atmosj" aria-label="Profile: atmosj">@<bdi>atmosj</bdi></a><br />
Your Rain accumulation map is excellent. If you want to get it even more similar to the map provided by BOM, let me see your customized color scale for Rain accumulation: Show a screenshot of your setting, like this one, to see how your scale steps are fitted.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1613053068620-capture-d-e-cran-2021-02-11-a-15.15.12.png" alt="Capture d’écran 2021-02-11 à 15.15.12.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/70597</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/70597</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 14:21:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:11:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/idefix37" aria-label="Profile: idefix37">@<bdi>idefix37</bdi></a> said in <a href="/post/59003">Accumulated rainfall legend</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/atmosj" aria-label="Profile: atmosj">@<bdi>atmosj</bdi></a><br />
There is no way to customise the steps of the colour scale.<br />
But I don’t think that remembering 10 colours is so difficult. I have 13 for my own wind scale, and never use the legend.<br />
As <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/yves70" aria-label="Profile: Yves70">@<bdi>Yves70</bdi></a> said, at the end, the weather picker is the best tool to know the exact rain accumulation in the areas where your colours show high values.<br />
btw could you post a screenshot of a rain accumulation map with your customised colours. That should be interesting for Windy users.</p>
</blockquote>
<p dir="auto">Many thanks to you and <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/yves70" aria-label="Profile: Yves70">@<bdi>Yves70</bdi></a> for your responses and apologies for the late reply. I'm new to the forum and did not think there had been any replies.   I do use the weather picker all the time, but find the fixed legend scale inelegant.</p>
<p dir="auto">The legend sample I enclosed came from an accumulated rainfall forecast map provided by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.  They provide a 1-4, 5-8 and 1-8 day forecasts for our region using combined input from 5 models, including the ECMWF.  They are very useful for identifying the potential for flooding from multiday rainfall systems like east coast lows and tropical cyclones.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1613004227239-c2b7f176-da60-4a28-b162-1be0418b298f-image.png" alt="c2b7f176-da60-4a28-b162-1be0418b298f-image.png" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
<p dir="auto">To see the maps and more information about the forecasts, see:<br />
<a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDYPME04/20210211_20210218/pme1to8.png" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDYPME04/20210211_20210218/pme1to8.png</a></p>
<p dir="auto">My 1-5 day equivalent Windy version looks like this:<br />
<img src="/assets/uploads/files/1613005509334-test.jpeg" alt="test.jpeg" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/70544</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/70544</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[atmosj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 01:11:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:19:22 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/atmosj" aria-label="Profile: atmosj">@<bdi>atmosj</bdi></a><br />
There is no way to customise the steps of the colour scale.<br />
But I don’t think that remembering 10 colours is so difficult. I have 13 for my own wind scale, and never use the legend.<br />
As <a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/yves70" aria-label="Profile: Yves70">@<bdi>Yves70</bdi></a> said, at the end, the weather picker is the best tool to know the exact rain accumulation in the areas where your colours show high values.<br />
btw could you post a screenshot of a rain accumulation map with your customised colours. That should be interesting for Windy users.</p>
]]></description><link>https://community.windy.com/post/59003</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://community.windy.com/post/59003</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[idefix37]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:19:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Accumulated rainfall legend on Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:04:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/atmosj" aria-label="Profile: atmosj">@<bdi>atmosj</bdi></a><br />
You can use the picker to check the exact rainfall accumulation at one location or an area just by moving the picker. Here I clicked in the zone where the legend is less accurate and I can read 147.5mm of rain in the next 10 days.</p>
<p dir="auto"><img src="/assets/uploads/files/1602571736463-d2ec489b-f910-4e74-b56e-c598fd5aa09b-resized.jpeg" alt="D2EC489B-F910-4E74-B56E-C598FD5AA09B.jpeg" class=" img-fluid img-markdown" /></p>
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