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Don't forget... Smart Phone App called MPing. Download it and report the precip you see falling in real time. Whether at home, on the road, or at work. Your location report gets put on the map instantly.
NWS looks at this with wide eyes. Report what you are seeing. Its helpful
I always forget about this app, just submitted a report.
Me too until around this time of yr. Lol. Once it changes to rain I stop reporting. If Im on road I try to submit once every 2-5 min, otherwise every 5-10 is fine I guess. No rule. Can do every minute if you want.
Don't forget... Smart Phone App called MPing. Download it and report the precip you see falling in real time. Whether at home, on the road, or at work. Your location report gets put on the map instantly.
NWS looks at this with wide eyes. Report what you are seeing. Its helpful
With the mPING app, anyone can send a weather observation on the go. The user simply opens the app, selects the type of precipitation that is falling at his or her location, and presses submit. The user’s location and the time of the observation are automatically included in the report.
All submissions will become part of a research project called PING – Precipitation Identification Near the Ground. NSSL and OU researchers will use the mPING submissions to build a valuable database of tens of thousands of observations from across the United States.
“mPING gives the public a unique opportunity to act as citizen scientists, allowing them to report their observations of precipitation — such as snow, rain, ice pellets, or a mix — in real time," said principal investigator Kim Elmore, Ph.D., research meteorologist with the NOAA Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) at the University of Oklahoma. "Because this nation-wide information will be instantly available from one website, we believe it will be useful for not only researchers, but a variety of groups, including students and teachers, forecasters, TV meteorologists, members of the transportation and aviation industries, city managers and law enforcement."
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