By Jene' Young Meteorologist
Published: Thu, April 17, 2008 - 3:33 pm
Jene' Young
If you're interested in the weather, or want your children to help write weather history, the National Weather Service in Mobile has teamed up with researchers in Colorado for a project called CoCoRaHS, which stands for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network.
Gary Beeler, the Warning Coordinator Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile says, the program is very important along the Gulf Coast.
“I know we've been in a drought the last two years, but before that, we were getting tropical systems and we will get them again. It's very important when we do get a tropical system to measure the rainfall at different places, and get different readings to see how much it actually did rain...Nothing beats somebody out there measuring the rainfall.”
Beeler also added that volunteers have to buy the rain gauge.
“Unfortunately they have to purchase their own rain gauges. It's a four inch rain gauge and they want them standardized. If you got some rain equipment already, some farmers have rain gauges already, those will still work. They just like to have a four inch standardized gauge so everyone's reading the same way."
Remember, every drop counts! For more information on becoming a rain observer, here is a link to the National Weather Service in Mobile. Volunteer Rain Program
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