Status:Ongoing analysis Material from: David L. , Linus

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1. Impact

Livorno, Italy, experienced heavy rainfall on Sunday 10th September 2017 resulting in six fatalities; a BBC article giving more details is available here. The rainfall predominantly fell between midnight and 2am on Sunday

2. Description of the event

3. Predictability

3.1 Data assimilation

3.2 HRES

The plots below show the 24-hour precipitation between 9 September 06z and 10 September 06z from observations (first plot) and HRES forecasts.

3.3 ENS

The plots below show EFI for precipitation valid 10 September.

3.4 Monthly forecasts

3.5 Comparison with other centres

4. Experience from general performance/other cases

5. Good and bad aspects of the forecasts for the event

6. Additional material