danielwAdministrator
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Sun Aug 25 2013 08:14 PM
Re: Tropical Storm Fernand in the Bay of Campeche`

Veracruz,MX latest airport METAR.
I'm trying to validate the 6 hour rainfall amount. 17 inches!!??

ICAO MMVR
Station Name Veracruz
Country Mexico
Location 19.15N 96.18W
Elevation 91
Time 25 / 23:46Z
Temperature 75.2
Dew Point 73.4
RH 94
Wind NNW (330) at 23mph , 35 mph gusts
Visibility 0.5
Pressure 1007.5
Sky Condition Broken Cumulonimbus clouds at 800ft
Overcast at 7000ft

Weather Rain Haze

Remarks
3-Hour Pressure Decreasing: 1.3 mb
6-Hour Precipitation Amount: 17.15 inch

Heat Index 73.8
Wind Chill N/A

MMVR 252346Z 33020G30KT 1/2SM RA HZ BKN008CB OVC070 24/23 A2975 RMK SLP074 57013 981 61715 8/37/ VRBL CONDS
MMVR 252240Z 33020G30KT 1SM RA HZ BKN010CB OVC070 24/23 A2978 RMK 60935 8/37/ -RA E35 RAB LWR VSBY E
MMVR 252148Z 33015G25KT 2SM RA HZ SCT012 BKN070 OVC090 24/23 A2979 RMK 60765 8/47/ DSNT CB 1/2 QDS

Rain verifies. 17.15 inches in a 6 hour period. Not good at all, even on a Coastal Plain.