Re: [OM] two by two

[Charles Geilfuss]

I was teasing of course but +/- 1/2 mm per day doesn't seem like much
without knowing the average daily rainfall. If it is only 1-2 mm then a 0.5
mm rise or fall is pretty significant.

Charlie

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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&region=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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