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    • Yves70Y
      Yves70 Meteorologist | Premium
      last edited by

      I have an issue with the rain accumulation map

      Indeed, if you look the rain accumulation map for the next 24h, the picker indicates 7.9mm of rain. If you do the calculation with the meteogram also visible on the map, this is pretty much the same. Perfect.

      Rain accumulation_1.PNG

      Now the issue comes wihen you select the next 12h. As it is 5.00PM, I expect to see the rain accumulation for the next 12h finishing at 5.00AM which in theory, according to the meteogram, should cover all the rain so 7.9mm as well but as you can see on the other screen shot, the picker indicates only 3.5mm.

      Rain accumulation_2.PNG

      Why not 7.9mm ? Does that mean that it is not really the "next 12h" or the "next 24h" but the starting point is earlier, explaining then that the system doesn't take into account part of the rain during the night ? If it is the case how do you know when it starts to calculate the next 12h or the next 24h

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      • idefix37I
        idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Yves70
        last edited by idefix37

        @yves70
        Rain accumulation starts from the model reference time.
        https://community.windy.com/topic/3361/description-of-weather-overlays
        So it could explain why 7.9mm are not totally included in the next 12h. Reference time is not shown on Meteogram, only "Updated: 4 hours ago" in your example.
        I would prefer to see Ref. time: 12z.

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        • Yves70Y
          Yves70 Meteorologist @idefix37 | Premium
          last edited by

          @idefix37
          Thanks, this is a bit what I expected but good to get the confirmation !

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