User's Guide

1-hourly (279), 3-hourly (27a), 12-hourly (27b) and 24-hourly (27F) snow rate
1K: These products provide a 5-minute by 5-minute look at snow precipitation
accumulations in a 1-hour, 3-hour, 12-hour or 24-hour window. B
1-hourly (270), 3-hourly (271), 12-hourly (272) and 24-hourly (27C) total
precipitation rate 1K: These products provide a 5-minute by 5-minute look at total
precipitation accumulations in a 1-hour, 3-hour, 12-hour or 24-hour window. B
1-hourly (292), 3-hourly (293), 12-hourly (294) and 24-hourly winter (295)
precipitation 1K: This product provides an overview of a winter weather event. In
combining the 1-hourly or 3-hourly or 12-hourly or 24-hourly liquid, mixed and snow rates,
it allows the user to more completely understand the intensity of the event. B
flood 1K (290): This product is designed to provide insight into the potential for flooding.
It incorporates the 1-hour, 3-hour and 12-hour total precipitation rates into its calculations. B
heavy snow 1K (291): In combining the 1-hourly, 3-hourly and 12-hourly snow rates, this
product provides an assessment of the intensity of a snow event. B
past 1-hour liquid (26D), mixed (26E) and snow accumulations (26F) 1K: These
products are animation sequences of imagery that depict the accumulation of liquid, mixed or
snow precipitation during the past 1 hour. B
past 1-hour total precipitation accumulation 1K (26C): This product is an animation
sequence of imagery that depicts the growth of the total accumulated precipitation during the
past 1 hour. B
past 24-hour liquid (28D), mixed (28E) and snow accumulations (28F) 1K: These
product are animation sequences of imagery that depict the growth of liquid, mixed or snow
accumulations during the past 24 hours. B
past 24-hour total precipitation accumulation (28C) 1K: This product is an
animation sequence of imagery that depicts the growth of the total accumulated precipitation
during the past 24 hours. B
precipitation type 1K (Snow Line) (269): This product depicts the areas of snow,
mixed precipitation, and rain areas. While it does not show actual precipitation, it does show
what the precipitation type would be if any were falling. Although it is not really designed for
display, it can be used as a product to define where the changeover points are in advance of
actual precipitation. B
precipitation type 4K (401): This is the precipitation type 1K product converted to a
display of 4 km by 4km resolution. N