2.48" total for this storm with
2.20" measured at 6 pm on the 20th and
0.28" measured on the morning of the 21st with clear skies ahead for the day.
Update: Based on blue skies this AM I didn't take an umbrella and got caught in a downpour today, so there will be another blog post later on. Rain is expected about every other day this week and we already have the second highest rainfall in the past seven years that I've tracked in my back yard. The gray dashed line in the graph below is this year's rainfall. Only the seriously large rainfall of 2004-05 exceeds it.
- Posted at great expense from my iPhone
What kind of rain gauge do you use? Where did you get it? I need a better rain gauge.
ReplyDeleteI have a plastic rain gauge that my father found somewhere in Santa Barbara. I think it's inexpensive but it has a lot of nice features. For example, It has a tapered design so that low rainfall is more accurately measured. It's also compact enough that it isn't unwieldy looking and it was easy to mount in a custom wood bracket that I made.
ReplyDeleteI have looked for my type of rain gauge online and been unsuccessful at finding it except in lots of 100. I think it's meant to be a promotional item with your own logo printed onto it.
See a photo in this blog post:
http://bammorgan.blogspot.com/2008/11/weekend-winter-garden.html
http://www.amazon.com/John-Deere-Tapered-Rain-Gauge/dp/B001QX8CEG
ReplyDeleteThis rain gauge is similar to mine and inexpensive. In qty 100 it's available from Staples promotional dept for $1.80. There's an additional cost to add your logo.
Sierra Foothills @3000' weather report: 8" to 1' of snow last night & no power. Here's our rain gauge during a storm last year.
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@sierrafoot
ReplyDeleteI have one of those rain gauges too, but I've found its accuracy to be a bit less than desirable. ;-)