And The Rains Came
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Record rainfall in some areas in Western Washington and flooding Thursdays through Saturday as heavy rains fell. But very little in Clark County in comparison.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1228 AM PST SAT NOV 08 2008
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT QUILLAYUTE WA AIRPORT
YESTERDAY...
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 4.07 INCHES WAS SET AT QUILLAYUTE WA AIRPORT
ON NOV 7TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 3.46 SET IN 1995.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1230 AM PST FRI NOV 07 2008
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL SET AT SEATTLE WA WFO YESTERDAY...
A RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.15 INCHES WAS SET AT SEATTLE WA WFO ON NOV
6TH. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 1.13 SET IN 2006.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
1017 PM PST FRI NOV 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1013 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 WSW QUINAULT 47.46N 123.86W
11/07/2008 M5.08 INCH GRAYS HARBOR WA TRAINED SPOTTER
AT LAKE QUINAULT. 24 HR AMOUNT 5.08. 48 HOUR AMOUNT
11.28.
And the list goes on and on . . . .
Well now that November is off and running (and raining), let's review some rainfall reports from your friends and neighbors around the region for last month. I recorded 1.65 inches here in north Salmon Creek; Pearson Field, Vancouver, 1.80 inches (1.48 inches below average); Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 4.03 inches; Tyler Mode, Minnehaha, 1.69 inches; Bud Maddux, Home Valley, 3.39 inches; Pete Conrad, Tukes Mountain, Battle Ground, 1.65 inches; Jim Knoll, Orchards, 2.65 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 5.49 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 1.89 inches; Phil Delany, above Dole Valley, 5.40 inches; Irv St. Germain, SW Prune Hill, 2.29 inches; Ellen Smart, Ridgefield, 2.10 inches; Larry Lebsack, NE Hazel Dell, 1.55 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mt. Vista, 2.38 inches; Merle Moore, two miles west of Yacolt 4.24 inches; Phil Harris, Washougal, 3.45 inches; Charles Bryan, NE 152 St & NE 19th Ave, 2.05 inches; Judy Darke, Felida, 2.13 inches; and Dan Hein, Camas, 2.40 inches.
WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
500 PM PST FRI NOV 7 2008
...WASHINGTON PRECIPITATION SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER...
RAINFALL IN WASHINGTON DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS BELOW NORMAL
TO NORMAL. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS
OF WASHINGTON AS THE WATER YEAR GOT STARTED.
FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 59 FOR THE CASCADES TO 74 FOR THE PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS.
THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE STATIONS FOR
THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS...COASTS...AND INTERIOR LOWLANDS WAS 9.47
INCHES AT HOH RANGER STATION...9.16 INCHES AT CLEARWATER...AND 6.27
INCHES NEAR MATLOCK RESPECTIVELY.
FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON...THE PERCENTAGE OF NORMAL PRECIPITATION
RANGED FROM 60 FOR THE CENTRAL BASIN TO 98 FOR THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CASCADES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT CLIMATE
STATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AND THE LOWLANDS WAS 2.18
INCHES AT MT. ADAMS AND 2.37 INCHES AT NEWPORT RESPECTIVELY.
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER AND BEYOND...THE OUTLOOK FOR ALL OF NOVEMBER
IS FOR GREATER CHANCES OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE OUTLOOK
FOR NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY IS FOR A EQUAL CHANCES OF
ABOVE...NORMAL...OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR ALL EXCEPT THE
EASTERN EDGE OF THE STATE WHERE THERE IS GREATER CHANCES OF ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.
THE TABLE BELOW GIVES PRECIPITATION FIGURES AS A PERCENT OF NORMAL
FOR REGIONS OF WASHINGTON. THE CURRENT WATER YEAR BEGAN 1 OCTOBER
2008 AND ENDS 30 SEPTEMBER 2009.
OCT WATER YEAR PAST 3 PAST 12
2008 TO DATE MONTHS MONTHS
WESTERN WASHINGTON
COAST 73 73 86 80
OLYMPICS 68 68 83 82
NORTHWEST INTERIOR 66 66 87 88
PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS 74 74 91 89
SOUTHWEST INTERIOR 60 60 70 86
WEST FOOTHILLS CASCADES 65 65 85 88
CASCADES 59 59 81 90
EASTERN WASHINGTON
EAST SLOPES CASCADES 98 98 78 84
OKANOGAN 88 88 82 70
CENTRAL BASIN 60 60 56 72
NORTHEAST 91 91 96 90
PALOUSE AND BLUE MOUNTAINS 25 25 50 90
THE TABLE BELOW EXPRESSES PRECIPITATION IN INCHES AND AS A PERCENT OF
NORMAL FOR A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. OCCASIONALLY
MISSING DATA AT A SITE ARE ESTIMATED USING OBSERVED DATA FROM
SURROUNDING STATIONS.
OCT 2008 WATER YEAR TO DATE PAST 12 MONTHS
INCHES PCT INCHES PCT INCHES PCT
QUILLAYUTE 8.28 84 8.28 84 84.26 83
HOQUIAM 3.49 57 3.49 57 54.47 79
BELLINGHAM 2.38 80 2.38 80 29.06 83
SEATTLE 2.17 68 2.17 68 33.62 91
OLYMPIA 3.36 80 3.36 80 41.41 82
LONGVIEW 2.17 58 2.17 58 44.02 89
CONCRETE 4.04 65 4.04 65 59.63 84
SNOQUALMIE FALLS 3.04 58 3.04 58 57.15 93
RANDLE 2.84 57 2.84 57 50.38 83
DIABLO DAM 4.60 62 4.60 62 69.11 88
STAMPEDE PASS 3.71 58 3.71 58 80.50 96
PARADISE* 5.02 59 5.02 59 103.88 87
WINTHROP 1.24 133 1.24 133 12.42 83
STEHEKIN* 2.88 98 2.88 98 30.63 85
LEAVENWORTH* 1.71 98 1.71 98 19.62 78
MOUNT ADAMS 2.18 68 2.18 68 37.64 87
WENATCHEE 0.21 43 0.21 43 5.84 64
YAKIMA 0.44 83 0.44 83 5.97 72
COULEE DAM 0.45 75 0.45 75 6.68 60
LIND* 0.46 60 0.46 60 7.01 70
REPUBLIC 0.89 102 0.89 102 16.79 100
SPOKANE 0.30 28 0.30 28 15.38 92
PULLMAN 0.29 20 0.29 20 19.97 95
DAYTON 0.50 33 0.50 33 16.35 84
-- posted by Pat Timm @ 4:26 PM,
