{
  "generated_utc": "2026-08-27T15:13:24Z",
  "source": "Open-Meteo hourly precipitation, no key, non-commercial terms",
  "catchment_sample": {
    "box": {
      "lat": [
        28.38,
        28.72
      ],
      "lon": [
        85.42,
        85.8
      ],
      "n": 4
    },
    "n_points": 16,
    "elev_range_m": [
      3917.0,
      5907.0
    ]
  },
  "daily_mean_mm": {
    "2026-08-17": 6.32,
    "2026-08-18": 4.54,
    "2026-08-19": 4.44,
    "2026-08-20": 1.45,
    "2026-08-21": 0.68,
    "2026-08-22": 2.34,
    "2026-08-23": 1.07,
    "2026-08-24": 0.33,
    "2026-08-25": 0.27,
    "2026-08-26": 7.04,
    "2026-08-27": 0.88,
    "2026-08-28": 0.53,
    "2026-08-29": 11.11,
    "2026-08-30": 7.51,
    "2026-08-31": 6.16
  },
  "next_3_days_mm": 12.5,
  "reference": {
    "cn_inflow_m3_3d": 3000000,
    "cn_volume_m3": 2000000
  },
  "inflow_scenarios": [
    {
      "area_km2": 100,
      "inflow_m3": {
        "0.5": 626250,
        "0.7": 876750,
        "0.9": 1127250
      }
    },
    {
      "area_km2": 200,
      "inflow_m3": {
        "0.5": 1252500,
        "0.7": 1753500,
        "0.9": 2254500
      }
    },
    {
      "area_km2": 300,
      "inflow_m3": {
        "0.5": 1878750,
        "0.7": 2630250,
        "0.9": 3381750
      }
    },
    {
      "area_km2": 500,
      "inflow_m3": {
        "0.5": 3131250,
        "0.7": 4383750,
        "0.9": 5636250
      }
    }
  ],
  "implied_catchment_km2_for_cn_forecast": {
    "0.5": 479.0,
    "0.7": 342.2,
    "0.9": 266.1
  },
  "limits": "Open-Meteo is a reanalysis and forecast blend, not a gauge. High Himalayan precipitation is poorly constrained by any model and orographic gradients are severe over a few km. Melt is excluded and is a real term at these elevations in late August. Treat this as an order of magnitude cross-check on the reported inflow, not a measurement of it."
}