Quantitative Accumulative Precipitation
When an emergency event is evident, decision makers need immediate results to provide answers for the tasks at hand. There is no time to plan for a scenario. The scenario is occurring. NOAA’s National Digital Forecast Database Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) was transformed into a quantitative accumulative precipitation geographic intelligence vision for Emergency Management Practitioners with spatially accurate quantitative precipitation amounts for 12hr, 24hr, 48hr and 72 hours from data download.

The Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) data element represents a spatial and temporal precipitation forecast that will predict the potential amount of future precipitation for a specified region, or area. It is the total amount of expected liquid precipitation. A QPF will be specified when a measurable (> 0.01″) precipitation type is forecast for any hour during a QPF valid period. QPF is the data element I analyze and manipulate to identify accumulative precipitation for the Indiana region. The NWS categorizes the Indiana region as the Central Mississippi Valley region.

12 Hours	24 Hours
This image depicts the accumulated cell values from 6 hour and 12 hour expected liquid precipitation.	This image depicts the accumulated cell values from 6 hour, 12 hour, 18 Hour and 24 hour expected liquid precipitation.
48 Hours	72 Hours
This image depicts the accumulated cell values from 6 hour, 12 hour, 18 hour, 24 hour, 30 hour, 36 hour, 42 hour and 48 hour expected liquid precipitation.	This image depicts the accumulated cell values from 6 hour, 12 hour, 18 hour, 24 hour, 30 hour, 36 hour, 42 hour, 48 hour, 54 hour, 60 hour, 66 hour and 72 hour expected liquid precipitation.

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