May 2019 Forecasts and Discussions

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Re: May 2019 Forecasts and Discussions

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Victoria got a big soaking today. Over 20mm in parts of the city. Extremely wet for that area.
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19mm last 48hours
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Possibly another batch coming in from the east
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Wet month. Total up to 84.8mm at the north coquitlam rain gauge. 18.5mm today.
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Latest GFS looks dry through to next Saturday. :thumbup:
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Clown range heatwave! :lol:
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Typeing3 wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 7:18 pm Wet month. Total up to 84.8mm at the north coquitlam rain gauge. 18.5mm today.
Not that much for this place:

May
2014: 188.5mm
2015: 18mm
2016: 88mm
2017: 175mm
2018: 19.8mm

Average: 97.9mm
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My average since 2005 is 84.7 mm... I'm at about half that so far this month.
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Canada Goose wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 7:45 pm Not that much for this place:

May
2014: 188.5mm
2015: 18mm
2016: 88mm
2017: 175mm
2018: 19.8mm

Average: 97.9mm
I would think the long term average in that area would be in excess of 100mm.
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Abby_wx wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 8:05 pm My average since 2005 is 84.7 mm... I'm at about half that so far this month.
I’m at 23.6mm for May. Just a little shy of 50% of normal. This will be the 4th consecutive drier than average month here.
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Monty wrote: Sat May 25, 2019 9:45 pm I’m at 23.6mm for May. Just a little shy of 50% of normal. This will be the 4th consecutive drier than average month here.
Crazy precip spread over the past few months. April was very wet over here on the mainland.
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76.6mm for the month here.

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40.4 mm here for the month.
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12z = kill me now. 35C+ in early June :evil:
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Snowed_in wrote: Sun May 26, 2019 2:34 pm 12z = kill me now. 35C+ in early June :evil:
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It's probably overdoing it, if it did reach 35° it wouldn't last long , I wouldn't sweat it. ;)
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