Consider a line of thunderstorms 30 miles wide and suppose (for simplicity) that the rainfall rate everywhere within this band of thunderstorms is 1.5 inches per hour. Assume that the line of thunderstorms is oriented in a north-south direction and that it moves due east. How much rain will fall at a location over which the storms pass if the storms move at 30 mph?

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Hassan Camacho

29 November, 08:31

Consider a line of thunderstorms 30 miles wide and suppose (for simplicity) that the rainfall rate everywhere within this band of thunderstorms is 1.5 inches per hour. Assume that the line of thunderstorms is oriented in a north-south direction and that it moves due east. How much rain will fall at a location over which the storms pass if the storms move at 30 mph?

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Selena Fritz · Answer 1

The width of the squall line of the thunderstorms = 30 miles

The rate of precipitation = 1.5 inches per hour

The speed of the thunderstorms = 30 mph

So, the spuall line of 30 miles thunderstorms will be passed at a location in an hour with the speed of 40mph.

As the precipitation rate is 1.5 inches per hour, so the above location will be crossed in one hour by the thunderstorms, will get 1.5 inches of rainfall.