LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA
Monthly Summary
November 2009
UPDATED: 11/24/09 TUE 9:15 AM EST
Station: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
Latitude: 36° 48' 04" N Longitude: 76° 19' 37" W Elevation (ground): 20 feet Time Zone: Eastern
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| | Temperature | |Deg. Days|Precip Ty| | Precip | Pressure | Wind | Sun |
| +------+------+------+------+---+ Hu-+----+----+1 fog | S+-----+-----+ Adj. to Sea Level +----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| | M | M | A | | |mid-| H | C |2 hvy fog| n| | Ice +------+------+------+ Avg| Res|Res| Peak | Minute| Mean |
| | a | i | v | | D | ity| e | o |3 thunder| o|Water| plts| | | | | | +---+---+---+---+ |
| | x | n | e | | e | | a | o |4 ice plt| w| | | | | | S | S | | S | | S | | I |
| D| i | i | r | M | w | M | t | l |5 hail | | E | S | | | M | p | p | | p | | p | | n |
| a| m | m | a | e | | e | i | i |6 glaze | C| q | n | M | M | e | e | e | D | e | D | e | D | d |
| t| u | u | g | a | P | a | n | n |7 duststm| v| u | o | a | i | a | e | e | i | e | i | e | i | e |
| e| m | m | e | n | t | n | g | g |8 smk, hz| r| v | w | x | n | n | d | d | r | d | r | d | r | x |
| | | | | | | | | |9 blw snw| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1| 2 | 3 | 4A | 4B | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18| 19| 20| 21| 22| 23 |
+--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
|01| 68.6 | 53.2 | 60.9 | 57.2 | 55| 94| 4| 0|.........| 0| 0.36| 0.0| 30.08| 29.87|30.018| 9.6| 8.9| 42| 28| NE| 0| 0| |
|02| 56.8 | 53.4 | 55.1 | 54.8 | 53| 94| 10| 0|1........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.09| 30.05|30.074| 8.2| 7.4| 14| 28| N| 0| 0| |
|03| 63.1 | 48.1 | 55.6 | 55.5 | 51| 87| 9| 0|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.23| 30.07|30.108| 2.3| 1.1|298| 14| N| 0| 0| |
|04| 59.9 | 49.2 | 54.6 | 54.3 | 45| 71| 10| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.34| 30.17|30.253| 3.7| 3.0| 51| 21| NE| 0| 0| |
|05| 60.3 | 45.8 | 53.0 | 53.4 | 47| 80| 12| 0|1.3......| 0| 0.04| 0.0| 30.18| 30.09|30.135| 3.0| 2.2|328| 20|NNW| 0| 0| |
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|06| 53.4 | 38.0 | 45.7*| 47.4 | 37| 68| 19| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.33| 30.19|30.284| 5.0| 4.6|345| 23|NNW| 0| 0| |
|07| 60.1 | 34.4*| 47.3 | 46.9 | 40| 77| 18| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.35| 30.20|30.273| 1.7| 1.6|184| 17| S| 0| 0| |
|08| 68.7 | 45.3 | 57.0 | 54.8 | 48| 80| 8| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.35| 30.20|30.260| 1.8| 0.6|260| 11|WSW| 0| 0| |
|09| 73.1*| 45.8 | 59.4 | 58.3 | 53| 84| 5| 0|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.41| 30.31|30.353| 0.7| 0.5|154| 11| SE| 0| 0| |
|10| 71.3 | 54.9 | 63.1 | 62.0 | 59| 90| 2| 0|.........| 0| 0.11| 0.0| 30.30| 30.12|30.216| 2.4| 2.0| 45| 12| NE| 0| 0| |
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|11| 59.7 | 55.0 | 57.3 | 56.1 | 55| 98| 7| 0|1........| 0| 2.71| 0.0| 30.11| 29.86|29.998|15.1|15.1| 45| 49| NE| 0| 0| |
|12| 57.0 | 53.6 | 55.3 | 54.9 | 55| 99| 9| 0|1........| 0| 5.31| 0.0| 29.82| 29.52|29.657|19.6|18.2| 72| 57| E| 0| 0| |
|13| 57.4 | 51.6 | 54.5 | 53.7 | 53| 99| 10| 0|1........| 0| 0.85| 0.0| 29.70| 29.57|29.631|14.5|13.8| 46| 38| E| 0| 0| |
|14| 56.8 | 53.7 | 55.3 | 55.2 | 55| 100| 9| 0|1........| 0| 0.07| 0.0| 29.90| 29.69|29.807| 8.2| 8.0| 34| 26| NE| 0| 0| |
|15| 66.0 | 49.9 | 58.0 | 57.6 | 55| 92| 7| 0|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 29.98| 29.90|29.943| 3.8| 3.7| 34| 15| NE| 0| 0| |
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|16| 65.9 | 46.3 | 56.1 | 55.4 | 52| 90| 9| 0|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.07| 29.99|30.019| 2.0| 1.8| 82| 19| E| 0| 0| |
|17| 59.0 | 46.9 | 53.0 | 53.9 | 52| 92| 12| 0|1........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.21| 30.07|30.150| 6.8| 6.8| 90| 24| E| 0| 0| |
|18| 64.5 | 55.4 | 60.0 | 59.8 | 57| 90| 5| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.26| 30.19|30.222| 7.8| 7.8| 90| 24| E| 0| 0| |
|19| 71.6 | 59.8 | 65.7*| 64.7 | 62| 92| 0| 1|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.18| 30.01|30.103| 3.0| 1.9|136| 15| E| 0| 0| |
|20| 63.1 | 45.0 | 54.0 | 57.2 | 53| 87| 11| 0|.........| 0| 0.01| 0.0| 30.13| 30.00|30.072| 4.8| 4.2| 77| 24|ENE| 0| 0| |
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|21| 55.7 | 42.6 | 49.2 | 49.4 | 44| 81| 15| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.16| 30.10|30.126| 2.7| 2.7| 86| 19| E| 0| 0| |
|22| 57.2 | 41.1 | 49.2 | 49.9 | 48| 92| 16| 0|.........| 0| 0.00| 0.0| 30.23| 30.13|30.189| 6.2| 5.8| 83| 27| E| 0| 0| |
|23| 58.2 | 53.5 | 55.8 | 56.5 | 56| 98| 9| 0|1........| 0| 0.10| 0.0| 30.20| 30.05|30.127| 7.9| 7.8| 88| 25| E| 0| 0| |
|24| 56.0 | 50.9 | 53.5 | 53.2 | 53| 100| 11| 0|1........| 0| 0.05| 0.0| 30.12| 30.03|30.070| 6.1| 6.0| 31| 16| NE| 0| 0| |
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+--+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+---------+--+-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
| Sum | Sum |------|------|---|----| Ttl| Ttl| |Total|Total| For the month: | ---- |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ Number of +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
|1483.4|1173.4|------|------|---|----| 227| 1| Days | 9.62| 0.0| 30.41| 29.52|30.087| 6.1| 4.7| 55| 57| E| 0| 0| ---- |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+------------|+6.77" or 342% of normal +------+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+------+
| Avg | Avg | Avg | Mean |Avg| Avg|----|----|Precip | Season Ttl| Date | Date |------|----|----|---| Date | Date | Avg |
+------+------+------+------+---+----+----+----+ +-----+-----+------+------+------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| 62.2| 48.8| 55.5 | 55.1 | 52|89.0|----|----|>.01 Inch 11|60.63| 0.0| 9 | 12 |------|----|----|---| 12 | 1+ | |
+ -0.3 +4.5 +2.1 +------+---+----+----+----+------------|+16.09" or 136% of normal ------+----+----+---+-------+-------+------+
| | Season |Snow, Ice | | |
| Number of Days | to Date |>1.0 Inch 0| Greatest in 24 Hours and Dates | Greatest Depth on Ground |
+------------------+-----------------+----+----+------------+--------------+-----------------+ of Snow, Ice Pellets or Ice |
| Max Temperature | Min Temperature | 374|1739|Thunder 1|Precipitation | Snow, Ice Plts | and Date |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+-------+-------------+----------------------+
| >90°F | <32°F | <32°F | <0°F |----|----|Heavy Fog 0| 6.05| 11-12| 0.0 | - | 0 | - |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------+-------+------+---------+----+--+-------------+----------------------+
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |----|----| Clear 6 Partly Cloudy 10 Cloudy 8 |
+--------+---------+--------+--------+----+----+------------------------------------------+
NOTES:
Data in column 4A are (MAX+MIN) / 2, whereas data in columns 4B, 5, 6, 15, 16, 23 are means via continuous observations
Units are: Temperature=°F, Wind=mph, Pressure=Inches Hg, Precipitation=inches.
for 24 hours.
Column 5: Dew point is calculated from temperature and humidity and is continuously averaged for 24 hours.
Columns 7, 8: Degree Days heating base is 65°F, cooling base is 65°F.
Data in columns 9, 10, 12 are entered manually by the station observer.
Columns 17-18: Resultant wind is calculated by the vector sum of continuous wind observations.
Column 23: Sunshine index is measured in Watts/m^2 and is continuously averaged for 24 hours.
Data in columns 4B, 5, 6, 15, 16, 23 are updated continuously, there by achieving a "true" mean.
OBSERVER NOTES:
FROPA: 1st, 5th, 17th, 17th, 20th
Nor'easter 11/12/09-11/14/09 with record rainfall and wind gust
FROST: 7th
STATION RECORDS:
11th - RAINFALL 2.71" [previous 1.93" in 1984]
12th - WIND GUST 57mph [previous 52mph 1995]
12th - RAINFALL 5.31" [previous 2.34" in 2006]
OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS
November 2009: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
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| NOV 1 | NOV 2 | NOV 3 |
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|01| |29.87| 0.00| 68| 67| 98|15| 0| 7| |30.05| 0.00| 54| 53| 97|04| 10| 20| |30.08| 0.00| 56| 54| 93|00| 5| 14|
|04| |29.98| 0.05| 56| 55| 96|04| 14| 28| |30.06| 0.00| 54| 52| 92|04| 10| 20| |30.08| 0.00| 52| 51| 95|33| 0| 6|
|07| |30.01| 0.00| 56| 54| 92|04| 12| 26| |30.07| 0.00| 55| 53| 92|00| 7| 20| |30.10| 0.00| 48| 48| 98|33| 0| 5|
|10| |30.05| 0.00| 57| 55| 91|04| 11| 24| |30.09| 0.00| 55| 54| 98|00| 7| 19| |30.14| 0.00| 56| 52| 87|00| 4| 12|
|13| |30.01| 0.02| 57| 55| 92|04| 10| 22| |30.07| 0.00| 56| 54| 93|33| 10| 19| |30.08| 0.00| 62| 52| 69|24| 5| 12|
|16| |30.02| 0.01| 54| 53| 98|04| 11| 21| |30.07| 0.00| 56| 53| 89|00| 10| 21| |30.07| 0.00| 63| 52| 69|06| 4| 10|
|19| |30.07| 0.00| 54| 53| 94|04| 11| 22| |30.09| 0.00| 54| 54| 98|00| 7| 18| |30.13| 0.00| 55| 52| 90|13| 0| 5|
|22| |30.08| 0.02| 55| 54| 96|04| 12| 25| |30.08| 0.00| 55| 54| 95|02| 6| 16| |30.17| 0.00| 52| 50| 95|13| 0| 5|
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| NOV 4 | NOV 5 | NOV 6 |
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|01| |30.24| 0.00| 55| 42| 62|04| 7| 17| |30.16| 0.01| 54| 52| 93|13| 4| 16| |30.19| 0.00| 45| 40| 83|24| 0| 6|
|04| |30.27| 0.00| 53| 42| 67|04| 7| 20| |30.13| 0.00| 50| 49| 96|00| 0| 0| |30.23| 0.00| 48| 39| 70|31| 5| 16|
|07| |30.32| 0.00| 50| 40| 68|04| 6| 18| |30.15| 0.00| 46| 46| 98|00| 0| 5| |30.29| 0.00| 47| 36| 67|33| 6| 18|
|10| |30.34| 0.00| 53| 41| 63|04| 6| 16| |30.16| 0.00| 54| 50| 85|31| 6| 12| |30.31| 0.00| 50| 37| 62|33| 11| 22|
|13| |30.27| 0.00| 58| 47| 65|13| 4| 11| |30.12| 0.00| 59| 46| 62|29| 6| 15| |30.28| 0.00| 53| 38| 56|33| 10| 21|
|16| |30.21| 0.00| 59| 50| 70|13| 0| 10| |30.09| 0.00| 59| 46| 62|33| 5| 14| |30.29| 0.00| 52| 36| 54|04| 6| 20|
|19| |30.19| 0.00| 54| 49| 83|15| 0| 6| |30.11| 0.00| 51| 47| 86|31| 0| 4| |30.33| 0.00| 44| 36| 73|00| 0| 0|
|22| |30.19| 0.00| 53| 50| 88|00| 0| 0| |30.17| 0.00| 53| 40| 62|33| 5| 16| |30.33| 0.00| 40| 37| 89|00| 0| 0|
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| NOV 7 | NOV 8 | NOV 9 |
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|01| |30.32| 0.00| 37| 35| 91|00| 0| 0| |30.21| 0.00| 46| 42| 87|18| 0| 5| |30.34| 0.00| 48| 46| 94|00| 0| 0|
|04| |30.33| 0.00| 36| 34| 93|00| 0| 0| |30.20| 0.00| 46| 44| 94|18| 4| 7| |30.35| 0.00| 48| 47| 97|00| 0| 0|
|07| |30.35| 0.00| 35| 33| 95|00| 0| 0| |30.24| 0.00| 46| 45| 96|18| 0| 6| |30.39| 0.00| 46| 45| 96|00| 0| 0|
|10| |30.34| 0.00| 50| 43| 78|15| 4| 11| |30.27| 0.00| 57| 50| 78|24| 4| 11| |30.41| 0.00| 56| 56| 97|33| 0| 5|
|13| |30.25| 0.00| 59| 44| 57|20| 5| 12| |30.24| 0.00| 68| 54| 61|31| 4| 11| |30.33| 0.00| 70| 58| 66|13| 4| 11|
|16| |30.21| 0.00| 59| 42| 54|20| 4| 11| |30.26| 0.00| 68| 51| 54|33| 4| 10| |30.33| 0.00| 72| 60| 67|24| 0| 7|
|19| |30.21| 0.00| 52| 43| 73|13| 4| 12| |30.31| 0.00| 57| 50| 79|00| 0| 0| |30.33| 0.00| 64| 57| 78|13| 0| 6|
|22| |30.22| 0.00| 48| 40| 76|15| 0| 6| |30.34| 0.00| 51| 48| 91|00| 0| 0| |30.34| 0.00| 61| 55| 81|13| 0| 6|
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| NOV 10 | NOV 11 | NOV 12 |
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|01| |30.30| 0.00| 59| 56| 90|00| 0| 0| |30.11| 0.09| 59| 58| 98|04| 6| 16| |29.82| 0.19| 56| 55| 99|04| 19| 36|
|04| |30.26| 0.00| 57| 55| 94|00| 0| 0| |30.06| 0.00| 57| 57| 98|04| 12| 22| |29.76| 0.18| 55| 55| 99|04| 20| 45|
|07| |30.27| 0.00| 55| 54| 96|00| 0| 0| |30.04| 0.01| 56| 55| 98|04| 15| 29| |29.75| 0.25| 54| 54| 99|04| 20| 38|
|10| |30.26| 0.00| 64| 62| 92|00| 0| 0| |30.05| 0.16| 56| 55| 98|04| 15| 37| |29.71| 0.35| 54| 53| 99|09| 18| 38|
|13| |30.19| 0.00| 71| 63| 76|06| 5| 11| |29.99| 0.18| 55| 55| 99|04| 16| 34| |29.60| 0.20| 54| 54| 99|06| 18| 37|
|16| |30.16| 0.00| 66| 62| 85|04| 5| 11| |29.95| 0.20| 55| 55| 99|04| 17| 35| |29.58| 0.34| 55| 55|100|04| 12| 33|
|19| |30.17| 0.00| 62| 59| 89|04| 4| 10| |29.93| 0.12| 56| 56| 99|04| 19| 36| |29.55| 0.00| 56| 55| 97|09| 21| 49|
|22| |30.15| 0.00| 62| 59| 91|04| 4| 11| |29.90| 0.18| 56| 55| 98|04| 18| 38| |29.55| 0.12| 56| 56| 99|09| 21| 46|
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| NOV 13 | NOV 14 | NOV 15 |
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|01| |29.57| 0.00| 57| 57| 97|09| 16| 38| |29.69| 0.01| 54| 54|100|04| 12| 26| |29.90| 0.00| 56| 55| 98|04| 6| 14|
|04| |29.58| 0.08| 54| 54|100|06| 13| 28| |29.73| 0.02| 54| 54|100|00| 10| 19| |29.90| 0.00| 55| 54| 98|04| 5| 13|
|07| |29.62| 0.08| 52| 52| 99|04| 16| 33| |29.76| 0.00| 54| 54|100|04| 11| 21| |29.95| 0.00| 55| 54| 97|04| 5| 14|
|10| |29.65| 0.01| 53| 53| 99|00| 15| 33| |29.83| 0.00| 55| 55|100|02| 10| 17| |29.98| 0.00| 56| 55| 96|02| 6| 15|
|13| |29.62| 0.01| 54| 53| 98|04| 15| 29| |29.81| 0.00| 57| 56| 99|02| 7| 15| |29.93| 0.00| 64| 58| 82|04| 6| 14|
|16| |29.62| 0.01| 54| 54| 99|04| 14| 27| |29.83| 0.00| 57| 57|100|04| 6| 16| |29.93| 0.00| 66| 58| 77|04| 5| 10|
|19| |29.67| 0.00| 54| 54| 99|04| 14| 30| |29.87| 0.00| 56| 56| 99|02| 6| 14| |29.97| 0.00| 57| 55| 94|00| 0| 0|
|22| |29.70| 0.01| 54| 54| 99|04| 13| 30| |29.90| 0.00| 56| 55| 98|04| 6| 14| |29.98| 0.00| 52| 51| 97|00| 0| 0|
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| NOV 16 | NOV 17 | NOV 18 |
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|01| |29.99| 0.00| 49| 49| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.07| 0.00| 49| 48| 97|00| 0| 0| |30.19| 0.00| 56| 54| 94|09| 7| 19|
|04| |29.99| 0.00| 47| 47| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.08| 0.00| 48| 47| 98|00| 0| 0| |30.21| 0.00| 56| 55| 96|09| 6| 15|
|07| |30.02| 0.00| 47| 46| 99|00| 0| 0| |30.13| 0.00| 52| 52|100|04| 0| 6| |30.24| 0.00| 57| 55| 93|09| 6| 14|
|10| |30.05| 0.00| 62| 57| 84|02| 6| 14| |30.17| 0.00| 56| 52| 87|09| 7| 17| |30.26| 0.00| 62| 58| 86|09| 11| 21|
|13| |30.00| 0.00| 66| 58| 76|09| 7| 16| |30.16| 0.00| 59| 54| 83|09| 11| 21| |30.23| 0.00| 64| 59| 83|09| 11| 24|
|16| |30.00| 0.00| 64| 57| 76|09| 5| 12| |30.17| 0.00| 57| 53| 87|09| 12| 22| |30.22| 0.00| 62| 58| 88|09| 7| 23|
|19| |30.03| 0.00| 56| 54| 91|09| 0| 4| |30.19| 0.00| 56| 53| 90|09| 11| 19| |30.22| 0.00| 61| 58| 91|09| 7| 19|
|22| |30.06| 0.00| 52| 51| 96|00| 0| 0| |30.20| 0.00| 55| 53| 93|09| 7| 17| |30.21| 0.00| 61| 59| 93|09| 6| 18|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
MAXIMUM SHORT DURATION PRECIPITATION
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Time Period (minutes) | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 45 | 60 | 80 | 100 | 120 | 150 | 180 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Precipitation | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.23 | 0.34 | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.89 | 1.01 | 1.17 | 1.33 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ended: Date | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Ended: Time | 1404 | 1409 | 1414 | 1419 | 1429 | 1445 | 1500 | 1519 | 1536 | 1600 | 1629 | 1656 |
+------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
The precipitation amounts for the indicated time intervals may occur at any time during the month. The time indicated
is the ending time of the interval. Date and time are not entered for trace amounts.
OBSERVATIONS AT 3-HOUR INTERVALS
November 2009: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+----------+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | T | | | Wind | | | | T | | | Wind | | | | T | | | Wind |
| | | | R | e | | % +--+---+---+ | | R | e | | % +--+---+---+ | | R | e | | % +--+---+---+
| | | | a | m | D | | D| | | | | a | m | D | | D| | | | | a | m | D | | D| | |
| | S | P | i | p | e | H | i| | | S | P | i | p | e | H | i| | | S | P | i | p | e | H | i| | |
| | u | r | n | e | w | u | r| | | u | r | n | e | w | u | r| | | u | r | n | e | w | u | r| | |
| | n | e | f | r | | m | e| | | n | e | f | r | | m | e| | | n | e | f | r | | m | e| | |
| | s | s | a | a | P | i | c| S | | s | s | a | a | P | i | c| S | | s | s | a | a | P | i | c| S | |
| H| h | s | l | t | o | d | t| p | G | h | s | l | t | o | d | t| p | G | h | s | l | t | o | d | t| p | G |
| o| i | u | l | u | i | i | i| e | u | i | u | l | u | i | i | i| e | u | i | u | l | u | i | i | i| e | u |
| u| n | r | | r | n | t | o| e | s | n | r | | r | n | t | o| e | s | n | r | | r | n | t | o| e | s |
| r| e | e | Rate| e | t | y | n| d | t | e | e | Rate| e | t | y | n| d | t | e | e | Rate| e | t | y | n| d | t |
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| NOV 19 | NOV 20 | NOV 21 |
| | | |
|01| |30.18| 0.00| 60| 59| 96|09| 4| 11| |30.00| 0.00| 61| 61| 98|20| 0| 5| |30.11| 0.00| 45| 44| 96|00| 0| 0|
|04| |30.15| 0.00| 61| 60| 96|09| 5| 12| |30.00| 0.00| 63| 63|100|29| 0| 5| |30.10| 0.00| 43| 42| 96|29| 0| 5|
|07| |30.16| 0.00| 61| 60| 94|11| 4| 11| |30.07| 0.00| 60| 60| 98|02| 6| 12| |30.13| 0.00| 48| 42| 81|04| 0| 7|
|10| |30.15| 0.00| 66| 64| 92|20| 4| 11| |30.12| 0.00| 57| 50| 77|06| 11| 24| |30.15| 0.00| 54| 45| 72|09| 8| 18|
|13| |30.08| 0.00| 71| 66| 84|18| 4| 12| |30.08| 0.00| 59| 49| 70|09| 10| 21| |30.11| 0.00| 56| 45| 67|09| 7| 19|
|16| |30.06| 0.00| 70| 65| 84|18| 4| 13| |30.07| 0.00| 58| 49| 73|09| 7| 17| |30.11| 0.00| 54| 45| 69|09| 5| 12|
|19| |30.06| 0.00| 65| 63| 93|00| 0| 0| |30.10| 0.00| 53| 48| 84|09| 0| 10| |30.14| 0.00| 50| 45| 81|09| 0| 7|
|22| |30.03| 0.00| 63| 62| 96|20| 4| 12| |30.12| 0.00| 47| 45| 93|00| 0| 0| |30.14| 0.00| 44| 42| 93|00| 0| 0|
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| NOV 22 | NOV 23 | NOV 24 |
| | | |
|01| |30.13| 0.00| 42| 41| 95|00| 0| 0| |30.20| 0.00| 54| 52| 91|09| 5| 15| |30.03| 0.00| 56| 56|100|04| 6| 14|
|04| |30.14| 0.00| 41| 40| 96|00| 0| 0| |30.16| 0.00| 54| 54| 97|09| 6| 17| |30.05| 0.00| 54| 54|100|02| 6| 15|
|07| |30.18| 0.00| 42| 42| 98|09| 0| 6| |30.16| 0.00| 56| 56| 98|09| 6| 16| |30.09| 0.00| 51| 51|100|02| 7| 15|
|10| |30.21| 0.00| 53| 51| 92|00| 6| 13| |30.17| 0.01| 58| 57| 98|09| 10| 19| | | | | | | | | |
|13| |30.18| 0.00| 56| 52| 85|09| 10| 18| |30.11| 0.00| 58| 57| 98|09| 11| 22| | | | | | | | | |
|16| |30.20| 0.00| 55| 51| 88|09| 10| 20| |30.08| 0.00| 57| 57|100|09| 10| 22| | | | | | | | | |
|19| |30.22| 0.00| 54| 51| 90|09| 12| 24| |30.08| 0.00| 57| 57|100|09| 10| 21| | | | | | | | | |
|22| |30.20| 0.00| 54| 51| 90|09| 13| 25| |30.07| 0.02| 57| 57|100|06| 5| 11| | | | | | | | | |
+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| NOV 25 | NOV 26 | NOV 27 |
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+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
| NOV 28 | NOV 29 | NOV 30 |
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+--+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+--+---+---+
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+------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
WEATHER NOTES SUMMARY BY HOURS
+--+-----------------------------+---------+
Wind Direction: Directions are those from which the wind is blowing, | | Averages | |
indicated in tens of degrees from true North: i.e., 09 for East, 18 for | +----+------+---+---+---+-----+Resultant|
South, 27 for West, and 00 or 36 for North. | | | | | | | | |
Wind Speed: The observed one-minute average speed in miles-per-hour. | | | | T | | | | Wind |
Wind Gust: The maximum instantaneous wind speed for the ten minute-period | | | | e | | % | W +----+----+
preceding the observation. | | | | m | D | | i | D | |
Rainfall Rate: The instantaneous rainfall rate at time of observation, | | S | P | p | e | H | n | i | |
calculated by timing consecutive 0.01" pulses from the electronic rain | | u | r | e | w | u | d | r | |
gauge and interpolating this rate for one hour. | | n | e | r | | m | | e | |
| | s | s | a | P | i | S | c | S |
| H| h | s | t | o | d | p | t | p |
| o| i | u | u | i | i | e | i | e |
| u| n | r | r | n | t | e | o | e |
| r| e | e | e | t | y | d | n | d |
+--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+
|01| |30.074| 53| 51| 94| 4.5| 06 | 4.0|
|04| |30.075| 52| 50| 94| 5.1| 05 | 4.2|
|07| |30.103| 51| 49| 94| 5.3| 04 | 4.8|
|10| |30.126| 56| 52| 87| 7.8| 04 | 5.2|
|13| |30.075| 60| 53| 79| 8.5| 06 | 5.3|
|16| |30.066| 60| 53| 80| 7.1| 06 | 5.5|
|19| |30.085| 55| 52| 89| 5.5| 07 | 4.7|
|22| |30.092| 54| 51| 92| 5.2| 06 | 4.3|
+--+----+------+---+---+---+-----+----+----+
HOURLY PRECIPITATION (Water Equivalent)
November 2009: Portsmouth, Virginia - KPWR
---+-----------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------+---
| | |
D| A.M. Hour Ending at | P.M. Hour Ending at |D
a| | |a
t+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+t
e| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |e
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
01| | | | |0.05|0.06| | | | | | | |0.02|0.14|0.05|0.01| | | | | |0.02|0.01|01
02| | | | | | | | | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | |02
03| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |03
04| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |04
05| |0.01|0.02|0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
06| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |06
07| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |07
08| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |08
09| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |09
10| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |0.11|10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
11| |0.09|0.02|0.01| |0.05|0.02|0.01|0.07|0.17|0.16|0.14|0.15|0.18|0.12|0.11|0.20|0.13|0.10|0.12|0.13|0.22|0.18|0.33|11
12| |0.19|0.19|0.14|0.18|0.21|0.23|0.25|0.31|0.48|0.35|0.46|0.25|0.20|0.20|0.66|0.34|0.33| | |0.02|0.06|0.12|0.14|12
13| | |0.04|0.12|0.08|0.10|0.10|0.08|0.07|0.02|0.01| | |0.01|0.06|0.03|0.01|0.03|0.02| |0.01|0.02|0.01|0.03|13
14| |0.01| |0.01|0.02|0.01| | | | | | | | |0.01| | |0.01| | | | | | |14
15| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |15
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
16| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |16
17| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |17
18| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |18
19| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |19
20| | | | | |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
21| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |21
22| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |22
23| | | |0.02| | | | | | |0.01| | | |0.02| | | | | | |0.01|0.02|0.02|23
24| | | | | |0.01|0.03| | |0.01| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |24
25| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |25
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
26| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |26
27| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |27
28| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |28
29| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |29
30| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |30
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
Sum| |0.30|0.27|0.31|0.33|0.45|0.38|0.34|0.45|0.68|0.53|0.60|0.41|0.41|0.55|0.85|0.56|0.50|0.12|0.12|0.16|0.31|0.35|0.64|Sum
---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
During a frozen precipitation event, hourly precipitation totals may not be recorded. In this case, daily amounts are
typically entered in the last column (hour ending at 12 A.M.)