1. Heavy Rains in Hokkaido Prefecture (September 2014)

Data related to heavy rains in Hokkaido prefecture on September, 2014, is summarized here.

Radar Imagery

Real-time weather radar images are cropped for the region of heavy rains, and make them available as time-series images.

1. Radar Imagery (Zoom 8)
2. Radar Imagery (Zoom 9)

The images below illustrates the spatial distribution of radar observations from JST 09, September 9, 2014. These observation values, however, were not calibrated by ground-based observations, so it may not be accurate as the absolute value. It should be used as relative values illustrating spatial distribution.

10-min radar cumulative precipitation (mm)	10-min radar maximum precipitation (mm)

AMeDAS Data

1. AMeDAS: SAPPORO (SAPPORO SHI CHUO KU, HOKKAIDO)
2. AMeDAS: SHIKOTSUKOHAN (CHITOSE SHI, HOKKAIDO)
3. AMeDAS: CHITOSE (CHITOSE SHI, HOKKAIDO)
4. AMeDAS: ABIRA (YUFUTSU GUN ABIRA CHO, HOKKAIDO)
5. AMeDAS: MORINO (SHIRAOI GUN SHIRAOI CHO, HOKKAIDO)
6. AMeDAS: TOMAKOMAI (TOMAKOMAI SHI, HOKKAIDO)
7. AMeDAS: KARURUSU (NOBORIBETSU SHI, HOKKAIDO)

Distribution of AMeDAS Precipitation

1. Heavy Rain in September 2014

• AMeDAS Event Detection - Automatic Detection of Heavy Rains and Strong Winds

Social Media (Twitter)

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