Up until today it seemed like it. The NOAA charts are anomalies or
deviations from the mean.
Chuck Norcutt
Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> How do you have negative rainfall Chuck? ;^)
>
> Charlie
>
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> We're just coming out of El Niño and beginning the next La Niña event.
>> According to NOAA, average daily rainfall in Iowa is +0.5mm during El
>> Niño and -0.5mm during La Niña... at least in your piece of Iowa. So
>> much for averages.
>> <
>> http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/cgi-bin/enso/enso.pl?output=2&variable=prate®ion=usa&event=l&season=sum&type=a
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Ken Norton wrote:
>>> Well, here in central Iowa, the animals are lining up two by two
>>> again... We've had three days in a row of 3-4 inches of rain. It is
>>> not often that I don't miss having a basement in the house, but this
>>> is one time I'm glad to be 100% above ground (and possessing a brand
>>> new roof). It's just getting nuts around here. Some parts of the state
>>> are experiencing record flooding this year. Had one dam break a week
>>> or so ago.
>>>
>>> I-80 is about to close east of Des Moines... Other highways and roads
>>> already closed. Fortunately, a different watershed than the one Joel
>>> is downstream of.
>>>
>>> AG
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