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Show EXPERT EXPLAINS EXPLAINSHEAVY EXPLAINSHEAVY HEAVY RAINFALLIN RAINFALL RAINFALLIN IN CLOUDBURST CLOUDBURSTWhy Why a "cloudburst cloudburst " " may yieldmany yIeld yieldmany . I theI Inany many times Umes as much rain r'1In r1In ' as all the thehater thelnatcr hater \ ater In tho the cloud when the raIn rainbegins rainbegins I raInI begIns ts Is explained ez.plaIned ezplaIned , . by Charles F F.I'alman F.Ialman FIalman . . ralman ' , well known hnown meteorologistof meteorologIstor meteorologIst or of tho the United States St1.tes St1tes Stites . \ weather \ cather bu- bu bureau bureau bu bureau - - reau , , In an account for the AmerIt'an Ameri AmerI- Amen- Amen American Amenran - - ' can t'an tan ran Nature N'1turo N1turo ' association of WashIng WashIngton Washington Washington ton , says the Baltimore llalUmore Paltimore , SunDven SunEven Sun SunEven Even Dven the densest clouds never con contain contale contain tain tale more than about one part ot of otwater ofhater ofwater water hater to SO 30000 000 parts of at air , whichIs whIch whichis 19 is far much less than the water In Inmany Inmany Inmany many so called cloudbursts , , which whichha whichbase whichhave ha\ ha hae base \ e been observed and measured measuredeven , , even It 1 if ! every bit of ot cloud conden condensed condensedand condensedand ed ednnd nnd and fell teU as riln nIn rain at the same Inst'1nt Inst1nt instant Inst'1ntIt instantIt InstantIt ' It Is a usual usu'll usull ' experience e'qlerlence eqlerlence e ' perlence , , also , that thatthe thatthe thatthe the clouds do not vanish vanl&h vanlh & during n a ncloud acloudburst acloudburst cloud cloudburst urst , but are apparently just justas justas justas as thick thcI [ . and dense afterward as be before before before beforeMr fore foreMr foreDIr Mr DIr . Talman explains e laIns that a cloudburst cloud cloudburst cloudburst burst really re'1lly re1lly rea1Iy ' Is an especially espcclally sudden suddennnd suddenand suddenand nnd and violent thunder storm , In which whichgre'lt whichgreat whichgreat gre'lt grelt great ' cuirents cUlrents cusrents of warm , moist air airfrom airfrom from * ' close to the ground rush rap rapidly rapIdly Idly a mile mUe or more up Into the at bythis bytbls mosphcrc mosphcre mosphere , , are cooled suddenly by tbls this rise and give up their load omoisture at of atmoIsture ofmoisture ( moIsture In the tho form of raindrops rnlnrops ( ] . . The rapid up C currents rrents of f1t air may heep keep maykeep mayheep moqt most of at these raindrops aloft aloftfor aloftfor aloftfor for a while whl1e , but presently tho the up upward up- up upward - . ward ar air [ currents slacken and bU- bU bUlIons bil bli billions - lions of at the tho suspended droplets taU fall taUas fallas fallas as a violent rainThe rainThe rain rainThe The water In one of at the these e sudden suddenfalls suddenfalls suddenfalls falls may have been drawn from the thelow thelow thalow low air for many square mUes miles mUesaround milesaround rnlleaaround around the spot where the cloud cloud- cloudburst cloudburst cloudburst - burst happens What may have been beenthe beenthe . the world worlds s record cloudburst Is de- de do- do descrIbed de described doscribed - - scribed as 24 Inches of or rain talllng falling talllngIn fallingin fallingIn In less than n\e n e live 1h \ c minutes , but Mr.Talman MrTalman Mr . Talman Tatman Is skeptical The maXImum maXImumacceptable maximumacceptable maximumacceptable acceptable record Is one of about aboutnn aboutan aboutan nn an Inch of ot rain In a minute , whIch whIchfell whichfell whichfell fell In California In 1020 1D2'G 1D2G 10.6 106 ' . _ |