The following are the Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts, or QPFs, for the WGRFC area. Simply, a QPF is the amount of rainfall that will occur over a basin and averaged over the area of that basin.
The WGRFC generates 72 hours of forecast precipitation (QPF) throughout the year. In general,
the first 6 hours of this QPF is used as input in the creation of river forecasts; however, dependent on
specific weather events, up to the entire 72 hours may be used. An additional 48-hour period of QPF
generated by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center is utilized along with this initial 72-hour
period in the creation of the 5-Day Significant Flood Outlook product.
Day 1 (First 24 hours) |
Day 2 (Second 24 hours) |
Day 3 (Third 24 hours) |
![Day 1 - 24 hour QPF](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916115220im_/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc/hydromet/qpf/QPFperiod0_tb.jpg)
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![Day 2 - 24 hour QPF](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916115220im_/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc/hydromet/qpf/QPFperiod13_tb.jpg)
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![Day 3 - 24 hour QPF](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916115220im_/http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc/hydromet/qpf/QPFperiod14_tb.jpg)
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![NCEP Days 1 through 5 QPF](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080916115220im_/http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/fill_94qwbg.gif)
NCEP's
Days 1 through 5 QPF
The 3 24-Hour QPF periods for the WGRFC area are generated locally at WGRFC based upon guidance from the National Weather Service's Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. The Days 1-5 QPF is linked to the daily QPFs issued by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.