Rainfall in Port Angeles
This isn't exactly a burning issue, but: does it seem like the Peninsula Daily News is under-reporting the rainfall in Port Angeles? According to their weather page, this recent rainy period has brought a total of about two tenths of an inch. Are they kidding?
Not only that: a few weeks ago, after several days of rain, the PDN rainfall total for the year was 5.47 inches. A few days later that total had shrunk to 5.35 inches. What happened? Did it "un-rain" and .12 inches of moisture got pulled back to the sky?
I can't imagine any motive for under-reporting the rainfall. Maybe they're laying the groundwork for future drought and fire-danger warnings. "We've only had 6 inches of rain all year and we should have had 15 inches by now!"
Who knows. But something fishy is going on.
Not only that: a few weeks ago, after several days of rain, the PDN rainfall total for the year was 5.47 inches. A few days later that total had shrunk to 5.35 inches. What happened? Did it "un-rain" and .12 inches of moisture got pulled back to the sky?
I can't imagine any motive for under-reporting the rainfall. Maybe they're laying the groundwork for future drought and fire-danger warnings. "We've only had 6 inches of rain all year and we should have had 15 inches by now!"
Who knows. But something fishy is going on.
Labels: PDN, Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles rainfall
posted by Tom Harper at 12:25 PM
8 Comments:
We have observed the same thing. Do you suppose it is to make the area more atractive to perspective home buyers and investors? Like we are part of the Sequim black h.... I mean blue hole phenomenon?
I've been seeing a number of black helicopters around the area dangling hoses, that now explains that.
Obviously there is a secret government program to take control of all rainfall thus driving up the price of dandylions everywhere.
First I am going to reshape my tin foil hat so I can better block the homing transmitter they embedded in my head then I am going to call my astrologist.
I've been noticing this exact same thing since the first of the year. The sequence goes like this: it's pouring rain, huge new puddles everywhere, pot saucers overflowing. The next day the PDN reports Port Angeles' rainfall as .02 inches or "trace."
That exact sequence has happened again and again in the last 7 months. Measuring rainfall must be a lot harder than it sounds, because the PDN sure is having a lot of trouble with it.
The total Port Angeles rainfall, according to the PDN, is about half an inch more than Sequim's. No way!
Maybe the first "Anonymous" is right, maybe some of the major players in Port Angeles would like to attract some of those sun worshippers who keep moving to Sequim.
I'd wonder where they are getting the data....the National Weather Service keeps historical data. Perhaps they could clear up the mystery.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Thanks for that link. All I could find under past precipitation was the rainfall for the past 72 hours. But that site is huge, with tons of information. The information is probably there somewhere; I'll keep looking. I bookmarked the site.
Tom, You can contact the Seattle office of the Nat'l Weather Service...they are really responsive, and can either point you in the right direction on their massive website, or lookup the information for you.
US Dept of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Weather Service
Seattle Weather Forecast Office
7600 Sandpoint Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115-6349
Tel: (206) 526-6087
Thanks for the information. I'll check it out.
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