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Re: WANTED - Modern weather 'saw'

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Originally Posted by scotweather
10mm of rain in 1 hour here in Falkirk usually causes localised flooding but thats JUST Falkirk.
Thanks Kate - if I can just trample all over that as an example

You said "causes" - so
10 mm last 60m "Localised Flooding"
What about eg.
8 mm "Localised Flooding Likely"
6 mm "Possibility of Localised Flooding"

What about sustained rain (rain24hr) ? and also some 'fuzzy' logic ?
eg.
rain24 > 24 mm AND forecast = rain "Possibility of Localised Flooding"
rain24 > 30 mm AND forecast NOT rain "Possibility of Localised Flooding"
... BUT IF forecast = rain OR rain24 > 36 mm "Localised Flooding Likely"
... BUT IF rain24 > 42 mm "Localised Flooding"

I've used a mix of logic description just to show that as long as it's sort of understandable you don't have to 'code' the logic

We don't have to worry about temperature because if it's ice there is no count and no flood - when it thaws we get a count !

hmm .. now there's a thought !
rain24 > 2mm AND temp <1 "Caution: Icy Roads" ???? discuss
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