The National Weather Service (NWS) is the authority when it comes to weather measurement and reporting. To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring ...

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OAKLAND, Calif. - The atmospheric river soaked the Bay Area with incredible amounts of rainfall over the weekend, making it one of the biggest on record. The highest totals reported by the National ...

KENTUCKY (WKYT) - Kentucky rain gauges were put to good use Tuesday, but one viewer had a question about how meteorologists can be so precise with their measurements. For today’s Good Question, Karl ...

FARGO — Rain gauges come in all different shapes and sizes, but the StormTRACKER rain gauge has four parts: a funnel, a measuring tube, a 4-inch diameter overflow tube and this mounting bracket. Where ...

Improved rainfall data makes it easier for regions to plan, predict and warn residents, as more parts of the country brace for extreme weather events. “The more we know where there are flood risks, ...

It's a drizzly day here in Cincinnati. A downpour of rain Wednesday morning led the National Weather Service in Wilmington, Ohio, to cancel a dense fog advisory, as rain in the air actually improved ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — What’s the old saying? When it rains it pours. Over the last couple of days, we didn’t have much in the way of rainfall but look at the difference. Sunday the National Weather ...

Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 19, No. 3 (March 2018), pp. 517-532 (16 pages) Precipitation profiles from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory Dual-Frequency Precipitation ...

NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA are looking to repeat their joint success on the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) with a follow-on flight that would piggyback on other spacecraft ...

A team of researchers from Tianjin University in China has unveiled a breakthrough method that transforms everyday surveillance cameras into high-precision rainfall sensors. The study features a ...

To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring and reporting snow and sleet totals and converting them into liquid equivalents. Measuring precipitation ...