Fay Rains To Date

Sorry for not posting over the weekend -- something caused my allergies to flare up and I was miserable! My left eye was nearly swollen shut.

Much better today!

A blog viewer asked me about the specific heat of water from the last blog entry -- wondering if that applies to all forms of water. (i.e. solid, liquid and gas)

The answer is no, it only applies to the liquid form of water. Specific heat capacity is about 50% less for frozen water (ice) and it is slightly less for water as a gas (steam) at constant pressure.

Specific Heat of Substances given in Calories per Gram times °C.

Water (pure liquid state) -- 1.00

Wet Mud -- 0.60

Ice (0°C) -- 0.50

Steam -- 0.48

Sandy Clay -- 0.33

Dry Air (at sea level) -- 0.24

Quartz Sand and Granite -- 0.19

I wanted to share some rain totals from Fay -- compiled from various sources by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center.

...LOUISIANA...

BATON ROUGE 2.80
BOOTHVILLE 1.92
NEW ORLEANS (MSY) 1.46
SALT POINT 1.31
SLIDELL 1.15
NEW IBERIA 1.07
LAFAYETTE 0.76

...MISSISSIPPI...

STARKVILLE 5.3 S 2.88
NATCHEZ/HARDY 2.72
COLUMBUS AFB 2.47
MERIDIAN/KEY FIELD 2.45
TUPELO 2.20
MERIDIAN NAS/MCCAIN 1.96
JACKSON 1.94
VICKSBURG 1.75
MCCOMB/LEWIS FIELD 1.85
GREENWOOD 1.10
HATTIESBURG 1.01
PASCAGOULA 0.79
BILOXI 0.23
GULFPORT 0.17

...ALABAMA...

CAMDEN 1.0 NNE 6.55
EUFAULA 1.0 SSE 6.26
WETUMPKA 5.0 SE 6.14
TROY 5.65
OZARK 5.42
DOTHAN 4.38
AUBURN 4.05
MONTGOMERY 3.58
BIRMINGHAM 3.31
ANNISTON 2.84
TUSCALOOSA 2.31
EVERGREEN 1.81
MOBILE 1.41

...GEORGIA...

THOMASVILLE 2.8 E 17.43
COOLIDGE 3.2 SSW 12.03
MOULTRIE 6.2 SW 9.45
VALDOSTA 8.31
LAKE PARK 2.8 W 7.11
ALBANY 4.64
COLUMBUS 4.29
ALMA 4.24
SAVANNAH 3.16
BRUNSWICK 2.88
MACON 2.26
PEACHTREE CITY 1.48

...SOUTH CAROLINA...

BEAUFORT 5.84
MEGGETT 1.8 W 4.97
FOLLY BEACH 2.5 SW 3.96
CHARLESTON 2.72

...FLORIDA...

MELBOURNE BEACH 25.28
COCOA BEACH 24.38
CAPE CANAVERAL 22.83
DELTONA 22.69
SATELLITE BEACH 22.40
PALM SHORES 1.4 W 21.44
PALM BAY 1.0 NE 21.00
ORANGE CITY 19.81
HILLIARD 5.4 NW 19.70
SANFORD 15.70
TALLAHASSEE (TLH) 11.93
FORT PIERCE 11.58
JACKSONVILLE 11.70
VERO BEACH 11.34
CROSS CITY 9.97
DAYTONA BEACH 8.82
WEST PALM BEACH 7.32
ORLANDO 7.26
FORT MYERS 6.85
MARATHON 6.80
MIAMI 6.19
KEY WEST 3.35