PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO; NOVEMBER 6 OF 2003
COMISION NACIONAL DEL AGUACOMISION NACIONAL DEL AGUAGERENCIA REGIONAL NOROESTEGERENCIA REGIONAL NOROESTE
FIFTH MEETING OF THE NAME SCIENCE WORKING GROUP (SWG-5)
SONORA GETS THE 64 % OF HIS YEARLY PRECIPITATIÓN DURING THE SUMMER SEASON.
IN THIS SEASON, SONORA HAS SEVERAL HEAVY RAIN AND STORMS THAT CAUSE BIG RUSHING WATER AND FLASH FLOODS.
THE REGION OF THE STATE WITH MORE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN THIS SEASON IS THE SOUTHERN AND THE EASTERN REGION.
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TROPICAL CYCLONES AFECT TO SONORA BETWEEN AUGUST 15 AND OCTOBER 15, DURING THIS PERIOD, CONDITIONS FOR TO RAINFALL HAPPENS ARE GETTING BETTER.
NOWADAYS, FOR THE METEOROLOGICAL FORECAST, WE USE INFORMATION FROM THE SMN OF MÉXICO AND FROM THE NWS OF USA.
PLACES OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
147 CLIMATE STATIONS6 SURFACE OBSERVATORIES
1 RADIOSONDE STATION
1 METEOROLÓGICAL RADAR(DOPPLER)
ALL THE MEASUREMENTS INSTRUMENT OF THE OBSERVATORIES ALL VERY OLD AND MOST OF THEM
MUST BE REPLACED.
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IS NECESARY TO IMPROVE CAPACITIES AND RESOURCES OF LOCAL
OBSERVATORIES FOR TO DETECT BETTER AND QUICKLY EVENTS OF
STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN DURING THE SUMMER SEASON, IN ORDER TO
PREVENT TO LOST HUMAN LIVES AND MATERIAL RESOURCES.
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CLIMATE STATION
OBSERVATORY
RADIOSONDE AND OBSERVATORY
RADAR
PUERTO PEÑASCO
ALTAR
NACOZARI
HERMOSILLO
EMPALME
CD. OBREGÓNRADAR
113114
115° 105°
25° 25°
30°
110°115° 105°32°
30°
110°
X
RANGE OFOBSERVATION
480 Km 240 Km 120 Km
DOPPLERMODE
METEROLOGICAL RADAR
(DOPPLER)
PERSONAL
REGIONAL GERENCY 1METEOROLOGICAL RADAR 3OBSERVATORIES 12CLIMATE STATIONS 142
THE PERSONAL OF THE OBSERVATORIES CAN ONLY COVER THE THIRD PART OF THE WHOLE
OBSERVATION´S TIME OF EVERY MONTH.
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