How it works

Forecast the storm before it floods.

RA-FEWS turns DWD ICON-EPS ensembles, IMERG precipitation, and your watch zones into early warnings you can act on — with full transparency on the science behind every number.

From forecast to warning

Four steps, run every forecast cycle.

STEP 1

Ingest the ensemble

Every cycle we pull the 40-member DWD ICON-EPS ensemble and IMERG observed rainfall.

STEP 2

Forecast your catchments

Rainfall becomes river-level forecasts for the catchments and gauges you choose — deterministic and probabilistic.

STEP 3

Check your thresholds

Each forecast is compared to your warning thresholds, giving exceedance probabilities: how likely, how early.

STEP 4

Act on the warning

Per-zone alerts by email, push and SMS — with the science behind every number one click away.

What you get

Designed for civil-defense officers, water utilities, and hydrologists.

Ensemble forecasts

40-member ICON-EPS ensemble with probabilistic bands, not just the deterministic line.

Custom watch zones

Draw catchments, gauges, or service areas. Receive per-zone thresholds and alerts.

Verification metrics

Bias, RMSE, CRPS, Brier — see how the forecast performed on the events you care about.

Multi-model

ICON, ICON-EPS, IMERG side-by-side. Compare deterministic and probabilistic guidance.

Explainable

Every metric carries a tiered explanation: a tooltip, a side panel, and a full methodology page.

Download your data

Export the forecast hydrographs and the underlying data — take what you see for your own analysis, reports, or records.

Every number is traceable: a tooltip, a side panel, and a full methodology page explain the science behind each metric — so you can always see exactly how a forecast was produced.

Try it on one of your catchments.

Free tier covers 48-hour forecasts. No credit card required.