PRECIPITATION

(Part 3)
- PRESENTATION OF RAINFALL DATA (continuation)
- PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRESENTATION

HYDROLOGY
Prepared by: Engr. Neslyn E. Lopez
 SAMPLE PROBLEM
Hyetograph, Max. Intensity Duration, Max. Depth Duration
The mass curve of a rainfall in a storm of total
duration 270 minutes is given at Table 1:

A. Draw the hyetograph of the storm at 30

minutes time step.

B. Plot the max. Intensity-Duration curve for

this storm.

C. Plot the max-depth duration curve for the

storm.
Table 1

Time since, start (min.)

Cumulative Rainfall (mm)

0 0
30 6
60 18
90 21
120 36
150 43
180 49
210 52
240 53
270 54
Solution:
A. Hyetograph: The intensity of rainfall at
various time duration is calculated as
shown below.
Incremental depth of the rainfall in Intensity (mm/h)
0.0 0.0
6.0 12.0
12.0 24.0
3.0 6.0
15.0 30.0
7.0 14.0
6.0 12.0
3.0 6.0
1.0 2.0
1.0 2.0
 Incremental Depth of Rainfall (mm) in Various
Cumulative Durations (min)
Time
Rainfall
(min)
(mm)
30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270

0 0 0
30 6 6
60 18 12 18
90 21 3 15 21
120 36 15 18 30 36
150 43 7 22 25 37 43
180 49 6 13 28 31 43 49
210 52 3 9 16 31 34 46 52
240 53 1 4 10 17 32 35 47 53
270 54 1 2 5 11 18 33 36 48 54
 Max. Intensity – Max. Depth
Duration Relation
Max. Depth (mm) Duration (min) Intensity (mm/h)
15 30 30
22 60 22
30 90 20
37 120 18.5
43 150 17.2
49 180 16.3
52 210 14.9
53 240 13.3
54 270 12.0
 END
BRING SHORT BONDPAPER & GRAPHING PAPER NEXT MEETING
(ACTIVITY ABOUT HYETOGRAPH AND MASS CURVE)

1ST LONG EXAM ON WEDNESDAY (A06) & FRIDAY (B06)