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Eureka rainfall now fourth wettest on record
John Driscoll The Times-Standard
Only a weather buff could appreciate it.
Sometime Thursday night it rained enough to qualify this season as Eureka's fourth wettest ever recorded. By about 1 a.m. Friday, Eureka surpassed the previous record of 58.64 inches set in the El Niño winter of 1997-1998 by 0.06 inches.
The 58.7 inches is 157 percent of normal, and well over last year's 41.36 inches.
Forecasters are predicting that summer, or some semblance of it, is on its way. That is, after another brief episode of rain.
”We're looking at a drying trend coming in,” said National Weather Service forecaster Brett Lutz. “I wouldn't go so far as to say there's not going be some more precipitation.”
The wet weather this season -- measured from July 1 to June 30 -- hammered pastures, swelled rivers and dropped feet of snow in the mountains. It also feels like it's persisted longer than usual, though the 0.21 inches Eureka has seen this month is under the normal figure of 0.65 inches.
Interestingly, Lutz also pointed out that ocean water temperature at buoy 22, 15 miles southwest of Eureka, is 58 degrees. That's warm for this time of year, he said, and will probably cause warm days in June and July.
Eureka rainfall now fourth wettest on record
John Driscoll The Times-Standard
Only a weather buff could appreciate it.
Sometime Thursday night it rained enough to qualify this season as Eureka's fourth wettest ever recorded. By about 1 a.m. Friday, Eureka surpassed the previous record of 58.64 inches set in the El Niño winter of 1997-1998 by 0.06 inches.
The 58.7 inches is 157 percent of normal, and well over last year's 41.36 inches.
Forecasters are predicting that summer, or some semblance of it, is on its way. That is, after another brief episode of rain.
”We're looking at a drying trend coming in,” said National Weather Service forecaster Brett Lutz. “I wouldn't go so far as to say there's not going be some more precipitation.”
The wet weather this season -- measured from July 1 to June 30 -- hammered pastures, swelled rivers and dropped feet of snow in the mountains. It also feels like it's persisted longer than usual, though the 0.21 inches Eureka has seen this month is under the normal figure of 0.65 inches.
Interestingly, Lutz also pointed out that ocean water temperature at buoy 22, 15 miles southwest of Eureka, is 58 degrees. That's warm for this time of year, he said, and will probably cause warm days in June and July.
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