CFS
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- noun
- Specialized
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pie cúbico por segundo
- The Peshtigo got up to about 600 CFS, some pretty sweet whitewater.
Examples
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The hydrologist explained that the water flow was recorded at 800 CFS during the peak of the flood.
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Did you know the world consumption of oil is equivalent to the flow rate of the Sacramento River (5000 CFS)?
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And then they went through high CFS and went back down to low CFS.
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You really should go look at the NOAA CFS ensemble graph.
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Have you looked at the graph of CFS ensembles that is from NOAA?
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You still haven't looked at the NOAA graph of CFS ensemble runs.
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You make yourself foolish when you keep repeating that there will be no La Niña these coming eight months when the NOAA CFS ensemble graph clearly shows a nice dip of the curve well into next year.
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kim (07:01:59): "Lansdner (04:55:53) is right, the NOAA CFS ensemble suggests La Niña into the middle of next year.
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The river was measured to have a flow of 350 CFS, which is ideal for kayaking.
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In the summer, the stream typically flows at around 150 CFS, providing ample water for local wildlife.
Synonyms
A unit that measures how much water moves each second, equal to one cubic foot
Surface Forms
Etymology
CFS comes from the first letters of cubic, foot and second, so it measures 'how many cubic feet pass each second'. Think of it as counting little cubic boxes of water moving past a point every second, which is why engineers use CFS to watch river flow and predict floods.