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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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You know something? My measurements this weekend ended up being consistent with the *official* local rainfall totals.
Apparently, this is something that does not benefit from your over-thinking it.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Yep, if you are willing to accept occasional "consistency" due to simple luck as good enough. It makes it that much more entertaining when you dispute ACTUAL measurements of climatic phenomena... like the increasing CO2 or temperature.
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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You can't argue with success.
And on sunny days, like this one, the "rain gauge" doesn't just sit around doing nothing; It's used to feed kitchen scraps into the green waste disposal system ( a goat ).
Any of your instruments do double duty?
BTW, I can't recall an instance of me disputing anybody's measurement of anything, whether it be CO2, temperature, or anything else. Perhaps you can refresh my memory for me?
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Perhaps next time it rains you should have a yardstick shoved up the goats bum...accuracy will deflect the critics!
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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64/16, cancel the 6's, = 4/1 = 4
Hooray for science!
(just because you got the answer doesn't mean you did it right)
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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TGT...Do you live in New Mexico..?
No, but sometimes it feels like North Mexico.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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5.75" here in Monrovia hard against the foothills.
Send, that LA Times article was interesting, especially the graph which
the vagaries of El Nino.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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It rained all day yesterday in Chico, we recieved 1.35 in precip ..drizzling right now.
Lassen today....looking good..
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John M
climber
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Nice Khanom! We only got 1/4 inch. Poor Badger got rain. They are so getting hosed this year. The next little storm is suppose to be warm too. Sunday. Monday..
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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khanom, sounds like you need a bigger pond? If I guess your approximate location right, 1.7" in 12-hrs is around a 1-year recurrence storm... meaning you can probably expect your pond to overflow every year. If it all came down in 6 hours, you can probably expect your pond to overflow every 5 years.
http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/pfds_map_cont.html?bkmrk=ca
If you are thinking of resizing it let me know. I'm willing to work for carrots these days.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Sounds like you've got it covered, especially if you know how big "far bigger" is. Is there a channel feeding the pond (i.e. significant contributing area above the pond), or is it unchannelized overland flow?
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dirtbag
climber
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Mar 14, 2014 - 12:35am PT
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Oh sh#t...^^^
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John M
climber
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Mar 18, 2014 - 01:19pm PT
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Badger Pass closed today.. for the season Feb 8th to March 18th.. not much of a season.. season pass holders can apply half of what you paid for this years pass towards next years pass. next years passes are on sale for 149 dollars until the end of march.
http://www.yosemitepark.com/BadgerPass.aspx
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 18, 2014 - 01:23pm PT
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I'm hoping that the wishes of 38.04 million Californians don't come true and that the drought lasts thru April...I'll be in YV for the month. Hmmm....that sounds selfish, oh well.
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John M
climber
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Mar 18, 2014 - 02:00pm PT
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Hey Jim.. I hope you have a great time climbing in Yosemite, but I also hope for some wet. Howard Sheckter over in Mammoth does some weather forecasting, His long range forecast on Friday March 14 says that there is a possibility that the end of March and the month of April could be wet.
Thus we are likely to experience a transition to a wetter pattern later in the month and especially into the month of April. April may end up quite the surprise………..precip wise!
http://mammothweather.com
Next Storm possibly the middle of next week. I like Howard because he tries to explain things, though he uses a lot of terms I am not familiar with.
I'm hoping for short period storms with plenty of moisture, snow line above 6500 feet interspersed with lots of sunshine.
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John M
climber
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Mar 26, 2014 - 11:46pm PT
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What worries me is the prediction for an inch next Saturday -- we nearly always get double the forecasted amount.
2 inches would be bad for you?
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Mar 27, 2014 - 05:02am PT
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remember my page 1 post> "it is good for gold mining"?
3/27/14
"COLFAX, Calif. (AP) — There's gold in them dry hills!
Or gold seekers anyway. And they see a historic opportunity in California's historic drought.
Low water levels have led to a mini gold rush in the same Sierra Nevada foothills that drew legions of fortune seekers from around the world in the mid-1800s, as amateur prospectors dig for riverbed riches in spots that have been out of reach for decades..."
ok then, send my royalty checks to dr sprock, kntv oakland,
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