Two questions 1) Is a 1/2" ID glass tube marked in 1/10" an accurate device for measuring rain fall? 2) How do I find an accurate weather station? I live in the Whittier area and have two have two weather stations within 2.5 miles of my house. As of 01/10/2013 I have recorded 3.5" of rain WTCH1 has recorded 2.86". The two stations are 2.32 miles apart and they never agree on temp, wind, pressure or rain. LOCGP rain total is much less and does not display all the time. Last year during February with several days of continuous rain WTCH1 didn't record any rain fall and it was being used as the official weather station for Whittier. ID: LOCGP NAME: College Peak LATITUDE: 34.01722 LONGITUDE: -118.01472 ID: WTHC1 NAME: WHITTIER HILLS LATITUDE: 33.9839 LONGITUDE: -118.0094 http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=WTHC1 http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=LOCGP
Two questions
1) Is a 1/2″ ID glass tube marked in 1/10″ an accurate device for measuring rain fall?
2) How do I find an accurate weather station?
I live in the Whittier area and have two have two weather stations within 2.5 miles of my house. As of 01/10/2013 I have recorded 3.5″ of rain WTCH1 has recorded 2.86″. The two stations are 2.32 miles apart and they never agree on temp, wind, pressure or rain. LOCGP rain total is much less and does not display all the time. Last year during February with several days of continuous rain WTCH1 didn’t record any rain fall and it was being used as the official weather station for Whittier.
ID: LOCGP
NAME: College Peak
LATITUDE: 34.01722
LONGITUDE: -118.01472
ID: WTHC1
NAME: WHITTIER HILLS
LATITUDE: 33.9839
LONGITUDE: -118.0094
http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=WTHC1
http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=LOCGP
