~c ce ot ed ty.......!. *4;............ CThpairrman, Deor*/.ent~omiwittee on 'raduate*Stuet I MESSCALE PRECIPITATION PATTERNS IN CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND

in Partial 'Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of ' Science The purpose of this study is to determine the general characteristics of mesoscale precipitation patterns in the central N~ew England area. Sixty-four storms were selected for which the radar data clearly indicated one of three pattern types. These included 28 area patterns, 24 bands, ano 12 "miscellaneous " oatterns. Quantitative radar obser-vations and hourly 'precipitation amounts from a network of recording rain gauges provided the basic data. In addition to the pattern type, the following quantities were computed for each storm to depict tne precipitation within a radius of 80 miles from ' Cambridge, Massachusettss total amount of water deoosited during storm and also the maximum amoun