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from: Tom Clark, K3IO (ex W3IWI) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
to: time-nuts@febo.com
concerning: Re: [time-nuts] Rain, Water, etc
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 15:28:24 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David and Tom opined:
Rain should have an effect on the timing
Na, rain drops in Seattle are usually small, compared to these big
buckets we get down here in Florida :-)
Not unusual to see 3 to 6 inches/hour of rain over a short period of time.
That's the way it feels too if you are out when it happens...
Didier KO4BB
David Forbes wrote:
Google led me to
of things. But there are places with more water in the air than
Boston, as has been pointed out. I think Seattle may qualify from
time to time.
There are many ways to measure rainfall but the most
basic statistic will surprise you: the average annual rainfall
in Seattle is about 36 inches
I had to look for that info:
Here we go, this chart
http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html/wx/climate/normrain.html says
Pensacola (40 miles to my west) gets 62 inches annualy.
Surprisingly (to me), the land record (excluding the Pacific islands)
goes to Yakuta, AK with 151!!!
No GPS controlled
At 7:58 PM -0800 3/6/06, Tom Van Baak wrote:
of things. But there are places with more water in the air than
Boston, as has been pointed out. I think Seattle may qualify from
time to time.
There are many ways to measure rainfall but the most
basic statistic will surprise you: the average
