IEM Daily Feature
Wednesday, 08 September 2010
Wednesday, 08 September 2010
Peak intensities
Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:55 AM
The featured graph presents IEM computed peak rainfall accumulations
measured over an hour and two hours. The values are actual totals
from the ASOS precipitation sensor. Just over a week ago, the Ames
sensor reported 3.52 inches of rain over a two hour period. This
value is only topped on the chart by Spencer back in 2005. You may
notice that the two hour total is no where near doubling the one hour
total. In Iowa, the heaviest of rainfall events will only last 30
minutes or so. It takes training of multiple cells to produce these
large totals.
Voting:
Good = 27
Bad = 7
Tags: 2010 precip
Voting:
Good = 27
Bad = 7
Tags: 2010 precip