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<br />did indicate the presence of some SLW they were used in determining <br />the beginning and ending of an episode. <br /> <br />Classification of SLW was adopted to describe the relative <br />intensity of the hourly values, wherein SLW values between <br />.01-.10 rom were classified as light, SLW values between .11-.29 <br />mm were classified as moderate and hourly SLW averages of <br />.30 rom or more were classified as strong. <br /> <br />Precipitation rates to the nearest .002 inch (.05 mm) <br />per hour were recorded at the gauge near Happy Jack while <br />the other six gauge sites, which made up the gauge network, <br />recorded rates to the nearest .005 inch (.13 rom) per hour. <br /> <br />3.1.3 <br /> <br />storm Categorization <br /> <br />All the episodes were evaluated on the basis of two factors. <br />The first of these was whether the period of SLW and/or precipi- <br />.tation was produced by a synoptic-scale weather system, as <br />evident on standard National Weather Service (NWS) synoptic <br />maps and satellite imagery. If so, then the first letter <br />designation was "S" for Synoptic. If not, then the first <br />letter designation was "M" for Mesoscale. The second factor <br />was whether the pe~~od of SLW and/or precipitation contained <br />significant convection during the episode. If so, then the <br />second letter designation was "C" for Convection. If not, <br />the second letter designation was "S" for Stratiform. Significant <br />convection has been considered to mean that at least half <br />the episode exhibited evidence of convection (either from <br />the "spikey" nature of the radiometer trace and/or the appearance <br />of the cloudiness from satellite imagery and/or the character <br />of the rawinsonde plots). The reason for trying to separate <br /> <br />3-7 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />