rss
08-28-2017, 08:28 PM
The National Weather Service had to add a new color to its maps to show Harvey's rainfall
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/tIZYQyXOiBG9V4Aa5ARSRYt_Log=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F575410%2F5b7d2673-c102-4019-9f38-8d0bda289765.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+National+Weather+Service+had+to+add+a+new +color+to+its+maps+to+show+Harvey%27s+rainfall&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2Fh arvey-houston-floods-nws-adds-new-color-maps-rainfall%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)https://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F08 %2F28%2Fharvey-houston-floods-nws-adds-new-color-maps-rainfall%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Sometimes a weather event comes along that is so extreme it exceeds the ability of weather forecasters to accurately represent it on a map. That is the case with Hurricane Harvey, which weakened to a tropical storm on Saturday and dumped so much rain on southeastern Texas that the National Weather Service's (NWS) maps needed to be altered.*
With more than 30 inches of rain falling in just a few days, the NWS added a lavender layer to its rainfall map to indicate areas that have already seen what it has called "unfathomable" amounts of rain.
SEE ALSO: Hurricane Harvey: A weather geek's live blog (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hurricane-harvey-weather-geek-live-blog/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/28/harvey-houston-floods-nws-adds-new-color-maps-rainfall/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Climate (http://mashable.com/climate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Science (http://mashable.com/science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Extreme Weather (http://mashable.com/category/extreme-weather/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Flood (http://mashable.com/category/flood/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and National Weather Service (http://mashable.com/category/national-weather-service/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1503936889 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1503936889)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/pNGdnmlsiDo
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/tIZYQyXOiBG9V4Aa5ARSRYt_Log=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F575410%2F5b7d2673-c102-4019-9f38-8d0bda289765.jpghttps://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=The+National+Weather+Service+had+to+add+a+new +color+to+its+maps+to+show+Harvey%27s+rainfall&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F08%2F28%2Fh arvey-houston-floods-nws-adds-new-color-maps-rainfall%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)https://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F08 %2F28%2Fharvey-houston-floods-nws-adds-new-color-maps-rainfall%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
Sometimes a weather event comes along that is so extreme it exceeds the ability of weather forecasters to accurately represent it on a map. That is the case with Hurricane Harvey, which weakened to a tropical storm on Saturday and dumped so much rain on southeastern Texas that the National Weather Service's (NWS) maps needed to be altered.*
With more than 30 inches of rain falling in just a few days, the NWS added a lavender layer to its rainfall map to indicate areas that have already seen what it has called "unfathomable" amounts of rain.
SEE ALSO: Hurricane Harvey: A weather geek's live blog (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hurricane-harvey-weather-geek-live-blog/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/28/harvey-houston-floods-nws-adds-new-color-maps-rainfall/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Climate (http://mashable.com/climate/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Science (http://mashable.com/science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Extreme Weather (http://mashable.com/category/extreme-weather/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Flood (http://mashable.com/category/flood/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and National Weather Service (http://mashable.com/category/national-weather-service/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1503936889 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1503936889)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/pNGdnmlsiDo