Reporting Precip & Data through CoCoRaHS - COOP - NWS (day, storm)

[Cambium]

You guys down south don't have to deal with this...well, maybe some of you do sometimes.


I'm watching this video..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWbbj57fOcA&t=2417s

[Cambium]

I can't wait to be doing this again! Hope some southern states have to as well.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WtCMHJ97e4

[Cambium]

Something I am considering but not for the reason below, it's so I don't miss what is falling at OBS time(7am) especially when its snowing. Since I have to melt whats in the gauge to find out how much liquid fell, you have to bring it inside and so if its still snowing, you'll miss that falling into the gauge.


Good for when its raining too so you're not reading the gauge while missing the rain falling.


http://www.cocorahs.org/Content.aspx?page=mod&mod=1

[ral31]

I just measured 4.14 inches in my gauge for yesterday, the highest amount I have had so far!

[ral31]

Originally Posted by Cambium

I can't wait to be doing this again! Hope some southern states have to as well.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WtCMHJ97e4

Yeah, hopefully I will get to do this at some point.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by ral31

I just measured 4.14 inches in my gauge for yesterday, the highest amount I have had so far!

Whoa, Nice! I haven't seen that much in there yet. Most was 1.75"

Originally Posted by ral31

Yeah, hopefully I will get to do this at some point.

lol, I hope so too. Always interesting to see. I assume you don't get the chance too often?

[ral31]

Originally Posted by Cambium

lol, I hope so too. Always interesting to see. I assume you don't get the chance too often?

Per the 1895-2010 records, Alexandria sees snow accumulation on average once every 4.6 years. Research Studies

However, there was a snow "drought" here from 1985 to 2009, so the first accumulation listed during my lifetime wasn't until 2009. But there was some kind of accumulation in 1997 (probably sleet) when I was a kid, and also some non-accumulating snow.

Snow accumulated twice in January of 2014.

[Cambium]

Precip started here at 6pm yesterday....ended at 5am today.. Trace of sleet. Total qpf = 0.40"

Fun measuring every 6-7am. When there is frozen precip forecasted or below freezing temps we need to take the inner tube and funnel inside and just let the outer tube catch everything. (inner tube will crack plus easier to catch any snow that falls without the funnel)

[ral31]

First time to measure frozen precip! Liquid equivalent of 0.19 inches.

My gauge was frozen to the post, so I had to melt it in order to pull it off.

[ral31]

I e-mailed the state coordinator and he said that sleet accumulation counts as snow accumulation. So I put 0.3 inches of new snow depth for yesterday.