tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post7975368959781699197..comments2024-03-27T21:02:08.203-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: A Major Precipitation Event Has BegunCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-4188610774929732662022-03-01T09:39:46.011-08:002022-03-01T09:39:46.011-08:00With the amount of snow/rain that's fallen in ...With the amount of snow/rain that's fallen in the past 48hrs surely we won't hear the word "drought" for the rest of this year?! I'm currently working on building an Ark, all are welcome!Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711508632143535692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-71264894619524114742022-02-28T14:49:17.099-08:002022-02-28T14:49:17.099-08:00A great local example of this precipitation gradie...A great local example of this precipitation gradient is the Dungeness River which flows north from the Olympic Mountains (headwater rainfall about 150-200 inches rainfall a year) to Sequim (about 23” of rain a year) in only 28 miles (156 sq mi drainage area). I am not aware of any river of in the mid-latitudes which compares. Atmospheric rivers from the southwest and a perfectly formed (radial drainage) and placed mountain range are what does the trick. This NW land and air interaction is simply amazing.<br />powderboobahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369487049237495702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-1220849994158846502022-02-28T10:59:38.765-08:002022-02-28T10:59:38.765-08:00Well, we should determine this quantitatively. W...Well, we should determine this quantitatively. We regularly have 100 to 1 ratios over short distance. Occasionally, 500 to 1. Kauai may approach this. Check out the precipitation distribution during the great Kauai flood on April 14-15, 2018:http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/MET/Dept/meteorology/Faculty/businger/PDF/MurphyBusinger2010MWR3357.pdf<br /><br />In any case, the precipitation gradient across the Olympics are world class...and certainly in the top rank..cliffCliff Mass Weather Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76699163382540968152022-02-28T10:04:41.131-08:002022-02-28T10:04:41.131-08:00This was my reaction as well. Or any number of oth...This was my reaction as well. Or any number of other mountainous trade wind islands. For larger scale, is Patagonia comparable? And if the lee elevation isn't a constraint, then the Himalayas during the monsoon and the Andes between Bolivia and Peru also have very extreme gradients. Perhaps there are certain spatiotemporal scales, upstream/lee altitude, or meteorological pattern constraints that are required for this statement to be true?Adam Varblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991968453822376063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-75391592833173879282022-02-28T08:49:31.525-08:002022-02-28T08:49:31.525-08:00How does this compare to 12/21/2020 and 12/20/2019...How does this compare to 12/21/2020 and 12/20/2019? Had significant basement flooding those days and want to nail down the hourly rain threshold where I should start worrying. Where can I see/get hourly precipitation history that old? My zip is 98136.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04774709072839184409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-36020752402412451252022-02-28T08:40:22.608-08:002022-02-28T08:40:22.608-08:00"We have the most extreme gradients of rainfa..."We have the most extreme gradients of rainfall in the world." That's surprising, I would think Hawaii, Kauai specifically, would have more extreme gradients.MeVPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08412592612019892155noreply@blogger.com