02 04 06 08 10 5 20 25 30 32 INCHES 
99.99 9999 
Accumulated sum of daily 
999 Precipitation amount Asheville, 999 
998 September 1907-1956 (N=458) 998 
99 99 
98 98 
95 95 
90 90 
80 80 
70 70 
60 60 
50 50 
40 40 
30 30 
Transformed incomplete I tunction to 0 
20 
normality (accumulated frequency) for 
lo Santa Barbara storms (February 1931-1950 10 
5 5 
2 2 
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05 os 
“18 -15 -10 -15 fo} 05 10 15 20 23 (a) 
Fig. 1—Accumulated rainfall frequency in probability scale; abscissa 
seale for Santa Barbara storms at bottom, for daily precipitation amount 
for Asheville at top 
500; 
Cubic Scale 
400 
S 
Frequency ——» 
—~ 
Sy 
| OR pacha 
g Q06 051 173 410 800 B8 220 328 47 640 mm 
Q22 100 273 563 6 76 270 393 589 14.7 
Fie. 2—Comparison of observed frequency distribution for daily pre- 
cipitation amount at Munich in December through February 1880-1950 with 
theoretical frequency in a cubic scale 
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