Weather makes the "Storm" in "Stormwater."
In order to determine how best to handle the water, we need to know all we can about the storm! We want to be your weather stop for Radcliff, the only place you can get a forecast based on local instruments.
More Weather Data.....
1. Detailed Current Weather More detailed graphs, charts and data from our local station
2. Weather History Trend data from our local weather station
3. Links to other weather resources on the web Weather forecasts from the experts
4. Educational material on weather A great resource from the University of Kentucky
5. Why a Weather Station? Learn why we are so concerned about the weather that we bought our own weather station
6. So what do we do with the rainfall data?
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Links to other Weather Resources on the Web
1. Radcliff forecast from Weather Underground
2. Radcliff forecast from Yahoo Weather
3. Weather Radar from Intellicast
4. Baghdad, Iraq forecast from Yahoo Weather
5. Louisville Rainfall data from Army Corps of Engineers
6. Other weather stations
Most of the weather data for our area comes from nearby Louisville. Although Louisville is close, it's weather can vary from Radcliff because:
1. Louisville is on the banks of the Ohio River, and it's weather is heavily influenced by the river.
2. Louisville is at an elevation of about 460 above sea level and Radcliff is about 690, a major factor in determining precipitation
3. Our rain gauges vary significantly from those in Louisville and even Fort Knox. We need accurate data to model the storm water system's response so we can make improvements. Louisville's storm water utility measures rainfall at fifteen different location in Jefferson County. We think one will do for us
So what do we do with the rainfall data?
Before we can use the rainfall data, we first must develop a watershed map, the more detailed the better. A watershed map will tell us what land area is draining to a particular stream, or in our case, sinkhole. It can be as simple as a line drawn around a bowl shaped ridge line, like below.
We then can use computer models to predict the flooding based on statistical rain events. the actual rainfall data comes in to correct our simulation to reality, by looking at where we actually had problems versus what we predicted. Then, the last step is to make a designing change to correct the problem, and run the simulation again to make sure it works!
Questions? Suggestions?
Email me at ebasquill@radcliff.org