PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT

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 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
 615 AM PST WED FEB 23 2005
 
 ...THIS IS NOW THE WETTEST RAIN SEASON IN 115 YEARS AT
    DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES...AND THE 3RD WETTEST SINCE RECORDS
    BEGAN...
 
 AS OF 600 AM PST FEBRUARY 23RD 2005...THE SEASONAL RAINFALL
 TOTAL AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES/USC STANDS AT 33.87 INCHES. THIS 
 SURPASSES THE RAIN SEASON OF 1977-1978 WHEN 33.44 INCHES FELL.
 THIS IS THE WETTEST SEASON SINCE 1889-1890...OR THE WETTEST IN 
 115 YEARS. THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH FEBRUARY
 23RD IS 10.15 INCHES. 
 
 LESS THAN AN INCH OF RAIN (0.98 INCHES) IS NEEDED FOR THIS TO BECOME
 THE SECOND WETTEST RAIN SEASON SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN LOS ANGELES
 IN 1877. SINCE THE SEASON DOES NOT END UNTIL JUNE 30TH...THIS
 SEEMS VERY LIKELY TO HAPPEN. AND...JUST 4.32 INCHES OF RAIN MUST
 FALL FOR THIS SEASON TO BECOME THE WETTEST IN RECORED HISTORY. 
 
 THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON AT 
 DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES/USC:
 
 FEBRUARY 24TH THROUGH 28TH....................0.65 INCHES.
 MARCH.........................................3.14 INCHES.
 APRIL.........................................0.83 INCHES.
 MAY...........................................0.31 INCHES.
 JUNE..........................................0.06 INCHES.
 
 AVERAGE TOTAL (FEBRUARY 24TH TO JUNE 30TH)....4.99 INCHES.
 
 IF RAINFALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON IS AVERAGE...
 THIS WILL BE THE WETTEST SEASON IN HISTORY. TIME WILL TELL.
    
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 THE WETTEST RAIN SEASONS FOR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES/USC
 
 RANK        SEASON         RAINFALL TOTAL (INCHES)  
                              
 
 1.        1883-1884            38.18 
 2.        1889-1890            34.84
 3.        2004-2005            33.87
 4.        1977-1978            33.44
 5.        1940-1941            32.76
 6.        1982-1983            31.28
 7.        1997-1998            31.01
 8.        1968-1969            27.47
 9.        1992-1993            27.36
 10.       1979-1980            26.98
   
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