Day 1-3 QPF Forecasts for the Caribbean

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Note that these are training products produced Monday-Friday, not operational forecasts. For official forecasts refer to your National Hydrometeorological Service. </font> </td></tr></table></center>   <TABLE CELLSPACING=8 CELLPADDING=1 border=0><TR> <TD WIDTH=90 VALIGN=center ALIGN=right> <font color="#777766" style="font-size:17px"><B> Day 1 </B></font> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb1.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [black background color version] </b></font></a> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb1wbg.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [white background color version] </b></font></a> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb1bw.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [black and white version]</b></font></a> </TD> <TD WIDTH=510 ALIGN=LEFT> <div style="height:280px; width:470px; overflow: hidden;"> <a href="/international/crb1.gif"> <img src="/international/crb1.gif" height=355 width=540 style="margin-left:-20px;margin-top:-52px"> </a> </div> </TD> </TR><TR><TD><BR></TD></TR><TR> <TD WIDTH=90 VALIGN=center ALIGN=right> <font color="#777766" style="font-size:17px"><B> Day 2 </B></font> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb2.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [black background color version] </b></font></a> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb2wbg.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [white background color version] </b></font></a> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb2bw.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [black and white version]</b></font></a> </TD> <TD WIDTH=510 ALIGN=LEFT> <div style="height:280px; width:470px; overflow: hidden;"> <a href="/international/crb2.gif"> <img src="/international/crb2.gif" height=355 width=540 style="margin-left:-20px;margin-top:-52px"> </a> </div> </TD> </TR><TR><TD><BR></TD></TR><TR> <TD WIDTH=90 VALIGN=center ALIGN=right> <font color="#777766" style="font-size:17px"><B> Day 3 </B></font> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb3.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [black background color version] </b></font></a> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb3wbg.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [white background color version] </b></font></a> <BR><BR> <a href="/international/crb3bw.gif"><font color="#3344ee" style="font-size:11px"><b> [black and white version]</b></font></a> </TD> <TD WIDTH=510 ALIGN=LEFT> <div style="height:280px; width:470px; overflow: hidden;"> <a href="/international/crb3.gif"> <img src="/international/crb3.gif" height=355 width=540 style="margin-left:-20px;margin-top:-52px"> </a> </div> </TD> </TR></TABLE>   <br><br><center><table cellpadding=5><tr><td align=justify width=670> <font color="#555555" style="font-size:12px"> The weather features are drawn at 00 UTC of each day, while precipitation amounts and types represent 24-hour accumulations ending at 12 UTC, or 12 hours after the feature analysis. <BR><BR> <font color="#555555" style="font-size:12px"> <u><b><font color=333333> *Low-Level Weather Features </font></b></u>   include surface fronts, shear lines, troughs, tropical waves, low-level jets, convergence zones (Intertropical Convergence Zone or ITCZ and South Altantic Convergence Zone or SACZ), squall lines, trade wind surges and dry lines. Wind barbs are use to indicate the point of the strongest 10 meter winds, within areas where the 50kt threshold can be exceeded. A graphical description can be found in the <a href="#featurelegend"> <b><font color="#3344ee"> Low-Level Weather Feature Legend </font></b> </a> . </font> <BR><BR> <font color="#555555" style="font-size:12px"> <u><b><font color=333333> **Precipitation Amounts and Types </font></b></u>   are indicated using filled contours and labels to indicate the expected totals. Contours with semicircles are used to highlight areas where no precipitation is expected. Areas inside the contours with semicircles but with no rainfall amounts contours indicate that precipitation is possible, but is expected in an isolated manner or confidence in occurrence is low. Weather symbols are used to indicate the dominant type of precipitation expected during the occurrence. A graphical description can be found in the <a href="#qpflegend"> <b><font color="#3344ee"> Quantitative Precipitation Legend </font></b> </a> . </font> </font> </td></tr></table></center>   <BR><BR> <table><tr><td width=750 align=left> <a name="featurelegend"></a> <font color="#555555" style="font-size:15px" align="left"><b> Low-level Weather Feature Legend </b></font> <BR><BR><CENTER> <A HREF="./id_features_medium.png" border=0> <IMG SRC="./id_features_medium.png" border=0 height="450px" width="670px"> </A></CENTER> <BR><BR><BR> <a name="qpflegend"></a> <font color="#555555" style="font-size:15px"><b> Quantitative Precipitation Legend </b></font> <BR><BR><CENTER> <A HREF="./id_legend_qpf_medium.png" border=0> <IMG SRC="./id_legend_qpf_medium.png" border=0 height="340px" width="670px"> </A></CENTER> </td></tr></table>  <div style="line-height:100%"> </div> <div style="text-align: left ; margin-left: 2%"> <font face="arial,helvetica">DISCLAIMER:   These forecasts are non-operational products and may not be current or available on a routine basis.</font> </div> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR> </TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="96%" border="0"> <TBODY> <tr> <td colSpan="3"><hr></td> </tr> <tr vAlign="top"> <td align="left" nowrap="nowrap" class="gray"> <a href="http://www.noaa.gov"><span class="gray">NOAA/</span></a> <a href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/"><span class="gray">National Weather Service</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.ncep.noaa.gov/"> <span class="gray">National Centers for Environmental Prediction</span></a><br> Weather Prediction Center<br> 5830 University Research Court<br> College Park, Maryland 20740<br> <a href="/mail_webmaster" target="_new"><span class="gray">Weather Prediction Center Web Team</span></a></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> <a href="http://www.nws.noaa.gov/disclaimer.php"><span class="gray">Disclaimer</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.weather.gov/credits.php"><span class="gray">Credits</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.weather.gov/glossary/"><span class="gray">Glossary</span></a><br> </td> <td align="right" nowrap="nowrap"> <a href="http://www.weather.gov/privacy.php"><span class="gray">Privacy Policy</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.weather.gov/admin.php"><span class="gray">About Us</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.weather.gov/careers.php"><span class="gray">Career Opportunities</span></a><br> </td> </tr> <TR vAlign="top"> <TD class="gray" colSpan="3"> Page last modified: Tuesday, 05-Dec-2023 17:31:12 UTC </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>

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