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|'''Extreme rain'''
|recipitation rate is > 50.0 mm/hour
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The UK Met Office use a colour (CSS hex codes shown in table) coding system on their forecast maps with different split points:
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|Blue
| background:#0404fb;
| precipitation rate is between 0.01mm/hour and 0.5 mm/hour
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|Azure
|background:#3366fc;
| precipitation rate is between 0.5mm/hour and 1.0mm/hour
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|Olive
| background:#808003;
| precipitation rate is between 1.0 mm/hour and 2.0 mm/hour
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|Yellow
| background:#fbca04;
| recipitation rate is between 2.0 mm/hour and 4.0 mm/hour
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|Orange
| background:#fc9804;
| precipitation rate is between 4.0 mm/hour and 8.0 mm/hour
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|Fuchsia
| background:#fb0404;
| precipitation rate is between 8.0 mm/hour and 16.0 mm/hour
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|Red
| background:#fb04fc;
| precipitation rate is between 16.0 mm/hour and 32.0 mm/hour
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|Aqua
| background:#e2fcfc;
| recipitation rate is > 32.0 mm/hour
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