Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Meterological Memories - A WxTalk Recap

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A review of some of the more significant hazardous weather events that affected life and property in 2021 kicked off the CoCoRaHS 2022 WxTal...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Happy New Climate Decade, CoCoRaHS!

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  Average annual precipitation (inches) from 1991 to 2020. Source: GRIDMET. A New Normal for Weather and Climate: New Decade? Didn't th...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Can You Be Considered for a State Record? Siting and Observer Practices are Important!

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The following is a Twitter thread posted by the National Centers for Environmental Information- Climate (@NOAANCEIClimate). It reviews the v...
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Monday, June 8, 2020

The Importance of Observation Time

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This weekend there was a long discussion on the CoCoRaHS group page on Facebook (not the HQ page) regarding observation time. After reading...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

The 8-inch Standard Rain Gauge

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The 8-inch standard rain gauge hereafter referred to as SRG) is the workhorse of the National Weather Service Coop Program. In fact, this ...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2019

The Rain Gauge - How Can Something So Simple Be So Complex?

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The rain gauge. At its most basic it is just a straight-sided cylinder, with a bottom, of course. Like the mousetrap, someone is always tryi...
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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Dorian Part 1 - Cluster of Thunderstorms to Tropical Beast

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Tonight Hurricane Dorian is affecting the southeastern U.S. coast. The center of the eye is roughly 100 miles off the coast, and it's pr...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

A Normal Start to the 2019 Tropical Storm Season

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Two years ago this week Texas and the Gulf Coast were dealing with Harvey, which waddled over the southeast Texas and Louisiana coasts for t...
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Monday, August 12, 2019

The Latest NWS Forecast on Your Smartphone

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It looks like an app, it sort of acts like an app, but it's not an app. If you are interested in the latest forecast, advisories, warnin...
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Thursday, August 1, 2019

After a Soggy Spring and Early Summer, Drought May be Creeping Back

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After a wet spring and early summer in much of the central and eastern U.S., dryness has become more established in the past three weeks esp...
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Friday, April 19, 2019

Hail Season is Here

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CoCoRaHS' annual Hail Week is coming to a close and will end with "Put out Your Hail Pad Weekend" this weekend . If you have...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The March of the Seasons – Precipitation and Temperature

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CoCoRaHS is all about measuring precipitation locally, and contributing to the "big picture" of precipitation across your stat...
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