For local councils and civil protection
A report for the places you watch when the weather turns: the stream that overflows, the underpass that floods, the woodland next to the houses, the venue of the town festival. For each one, a traffic light for today and the next three days and, above all, the reason, with the numbers in plain sight.
What the council gets
A traffic light per point and day
Green, amber or red for each critical point, today and the following three days, with thresholds that depend on the type of point: a stream or a flood-prone crossing turns amber with less rain than the town centre.
The reason, with numbers
“40% of the scenarios give 40 mm or more”, “gusts of 75 km/h according to the median of the models”, “AEMET orange warning for rain”. No black boxes: you can see which figure sets each colour.
Instant alerts and a daily email
An immediate alert (notification and email) when a point turns red and, if you want, an email every morning with the traffic light for all points. Each technician chooses their own.
One team for the whole service
The council creates its team and invites its technicians with three roles (owner, editor and reader). Everyone sees the same points, and the report can be printed or saved as a PDF for the coordination meeting.
What is checked at each point
The same data as the dashboard, arranged for decisions.
- AEMET warnings for the zone covering the point: yellow makes the day amber; orange or red makes it red.
- Daily rainfall: the median of the deterministic models and how many exceed the threshold, plus the probability from the ECMWF ensemble scenarios (ENS).
- Heavy showers: what falls in 3 hours, which is what makes a small stream overflow.
- Wind gusts, with the thresholds for marquees and stages at event venues.
- Forecast thunderstorms and lightning observed right now within 20 km (EUMETSAT's MTG satellite).
- Fire risk (Canadian FWI with EFFIS classes) in forest areas and the town centre.
- Heat and hard frost, for the municipality and spaces with the public.
- The next hour by radar: whether it is raining or rain will arrive within 60 minutes.
What it is not
We would rather say it clearly before anyone relies on it more than they should.
- It is not an official warning system. Official weather warnings are AEMET's, and emergency management is governed by civil protection plans: in Catalonia, INUNCAT (floods), INFOCAT (forest fires), PLATERCAT and municipal plans; elsewhere in Spain, their regional equivalents.
- The thresholds are indicative. They are starting values per type of point; each municipality knows its streams and streets and has to check them against its plan and its experience.
- Models get it wrong, especially with small, very local thunderstorms. That is why the disagreement between models and scenarios is shown, not a single number.
- The radar extrapolates the movement of the rain; a storm that develops suddenly does not appear until it is already there.
- Coverage: mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.
How to get started
Create the team
With a free account, create the council's team and invite the technicians by email or with a link.
Add the critical points
The town centre and up to 25 points: streams, flood-prone crossings, forest or interface areas and event venues.
Choose the alerts
An immediate alert when something turns red, a daily email at 07:00, or both. And the report, always at hand to print.
Free during the pilot, with an agreement if you need one
During the pilot the service is free, within the limits above. If your council, county council or provincial council wants a service commitment (tailored thresholds, more points, training for the technical team, support during episodes), we can talk about an agreement or a sponsorship that also helps keep METEO / Atlas open for everyone. Other ways to support us.