Rain totals

Post by **dima** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:18 am

Here's what the county rain gauges say:

(from the LADPW site). Apparently the San Gabriels didn't get as drenched as the Hollywood hills.

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:31 pm

7 day totals from the Los Padres (https://www.vcwatershed.net/fws/rain-map/#)

Post by **dima** » Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:42 pm

According to both of these, there's a ton of variability from spot to spot. Do we know if it actually does vary this much? Measurement error?

Post by **Uncle Rico** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:58 am

I don't personally know, but I look at these totals every year and the variability, at least when it comes to the Los Padres, is pretty much what you see every year. Based on that, I've always thought the totals were pretty accurate.

Nate U · Post by **Nate U** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:38 am

I've been working out of Beverly Glen - looks like that area got about the worst of it.

Considering the topography, I think the variability in rainfall totals is believable. Lots of orographic lift and rain shadows.

Post by **dima** » Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:55 am

Yeah. Now that I look at Uncle Rico's map again, I believe it. The medium-hit areas (yellow in his map) are clearly clustered, and not distributed randomly. So they're displaying some real effect. Interesting!