Re: [OM] two by two

[Chuck Norcutt]

I didn't know what the average daily rainfall was.  I was only looking 
at the 1mm total daily variance between El Niño and La Niña.  I just 
thought that was a pretty sizable swing from a small temperature change 
in the eastern central Pacific which is a long way from Iowa.

Chuck Norcutt


Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> Curiosity got the best of me so a G**gle search revealed an average daily
> rainfall in Olin, Iowa of 2mm, so a variance of 0.5mm is a pretty big deal.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Charles Geilfuss <
> charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> 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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