3. PRECIPITATION

Precipitation height  (measured in mm ) is given for the last minute, with a resolution of 0.1 mm.

Furthermore, Hourly (past 60 minutes), and  Daily (past 24 hours) sums can be seen.

 

A color scale is used in the first page map for the easy visualization (and direct recognition) of precipitation intensity.

Hence, in each station, the values-cell background color changes according to precipitation intensity as follows :

YELLOW  → No rain during the last 5 minutes.

GRAY        Light rain (precipitation heights from  0.1  to  0.5 mm min   has been recorded) within the last 5 minutes.

ORANGE  Medium ~ Heavy rain  [precipitation heights from   0.5  to  1.0 mm min  (or  3  to  6 cm/hr)  has been recorded] within the last 5 minutes.

RED           Heavy ~ Extreme rain [precipitation rate higher than  1.0 mm min   (or  6 cm/hr)  has been recorded] within the last 5 minutes,

 

Note :

The aforementioned Rain Intensity color scale is not depicted only in "Precipitation" maps, but in every parameter map (ie. a gray/orange/red colored cell can be seen under wind or temperature or solar irradiance map).