Thread: Typhoon Hagibis in Japan: colossal rainfall
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Old October 14th 19, 05:08 PM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Typhoon Hagibis in Japan: colossal rainfall
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On Monday, October 14, 2019 at 8:56:22 AM UTC+1,
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What is even more staggering is that half a metre of rain in a day
is nowhere near record breaking

What puzzles me is, how reliable is the catchment of these large
raingauges when you have horizontal rain in these extreme wind
conditions?

Len

Probably not very reliable but, even if there is a plus/minus 10-20%
error it's still a heck of a lot of rain.

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