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      idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Tiv-3film
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      A weather radar DOES NOT forecast rain and cannot predict the rain accumulation for the next days.

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        Tiv-3film Storm chaser @idefix37
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        @idefix37 I don't know what it could be then, sorry.

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          idefix37 Sailor Moderator @phish0569
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          You just need to scroll the right cursor to increase or decrease the accumulation time.

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            idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Tiv-3film
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            The Rain accumulation is predicted by the weather model you have chosen. Same for wind, rain, temperature, etc…

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              Tiv-3film Storm chaser @idefix37
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              @idefix37 That's how I was trying to say it but didn't know the best way to say it.

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                Remember that a radar cannot predict the future weather even if many people think that the rain is forecast by “radar” !

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                  Tiv-3film Storm chaser @idefix37
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                  @idefix37 Alright

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                    idefix37 Sailor Moderator @Tiv-3film
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                    Learn what is a weather radar
                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_radar

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                      @idefix37 Wow! I see. The cursor turns into a hand and you can drag. Game changer!! Thanks for the tip. Love the increased and customized functionality.

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                        @Tiv-3film Thanks for chiming in and trying to help. I'm a professional meteorologist so I can help clarify. A weather radar is a giant piece of actual equipment (giant pertaining to the WSR-88Ds that make up the land-based US network) that show current and past distribution of atmospheric "stuff" - it can see water vapor, rain, snow, bugs, dirt, debris, etc etc.

                        A weather model, like the ECMWF "Euro" or GFS or NAM, are merely algorithms (equations) or AI-based machine learning software that run on supercomputers that predict the future. So "future radar" is really just a weather model showing what the radar could look like in the future. Not anything you could use an actual radar to compute. Hope that helps and happy weathering!

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                          idefix37 Sailor Moderator @phish0569
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                          I should add that you can also grab the left slider, which will give you the predicted rainfall accumulation over a future time frame.

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