Saturday, July 9, 2011

Convective Rainfall

Slow moving thundershowers brought good downpours to parts of the Fairbanks area on Friday. As often happens with convective showers, amounts varied greatly over short distances. Some totals include:

Around town:
Fairbanks Airport #2: 0.86 inches (near the Airport Post Office)
Fairbanks ASOS: 0.52 inches
Aurora Coop: 0.28 inches (near Lemeta)
Fairbanks Midtown: 0.15 inches
UAF West Ridge: 0.10 inches
East Farms Loop: 0.08 inches
Fort Wainwright RAWS: 0.03 inches

North Pole area:
North Pole-KJNP: 0.13 inches
Woodsmoke: 0.08 inches
Eielson: 0.01 inches

North of town:
Goldstream Valley Bottom: 0.56 inches
Goldstream Creek: 0.30 inches
42 Mile Steese Hwy: 0.26 inches
Fort Knox Mine: 0.19 inches
Chena Hot Springs: 0.05 inches
Keystone Ridge: 0.04 inches

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