Download or read book Persistence of Precipitation at 108 Cities in the Conterminous United States written by Donald Lehmer Jorgensen and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Values of persistence of precipitation for each of the four seasons have been derived for 108 cities in the conterminous United States for a selected combination of time intervals. These values show significant differences between stations and seasons and shed considerable light on the general behavior of storm systems and atmospheric circulations responsible for precipitation occurrences. Examples are given illustrating the application of persistence to the forecasting problem, and the relationship between persistence and the coefficient of correlation involving successive precipitation events is developed. The data presented should serve as important supplementary information to the forecaster in evaluating continuity trends in precipitation.