OK, I've searched through both the March and December .cat files. I assume those are those are the files I need to examin. Is that correct?
First, the
March files are the first I ever got, only installed the ISS last part of the month. I'm thinking I have some bogus info even for he Mar 2015 data. All the lines of data have
negative numbers at the first position: "
-9581 t:261521 T:20.78 Ti:24.89..."
April data lines are all
positive numbers, all except the first and second are increments of 15:
- 2 t:010002 T:16.56...
- 15 t:010017 T:16.22...
- 30 t:010032 T:16.17... until
- 420 t:010702 T:13.83...
- 422 t:010704 T:13.83... until
- 430 t:010712 T:13.94... at which point they increment by 1, ending at
- 43199 t:302359 T:13.28...
All the other monthly .cat files I looked at use positive number, but a few also had weird incrementing for the first ~10 entries and then followed the normal +1 procedure.
So, although I
did find a 38.40 (975.36mm) value in the March data, I find it a bit hard to believe the bucket is capable of tipping that fast!
At least it would be 'water-cooled'!
Second,
December presented me with some interesting data, also. And I think it is more reliable, also. The data showed the highest rain rate in December as 9.29 (235.97mm) on the 28th. So, I think my "3.16 in/Hr on 23 Dec 2015 1:04 pm" is also incorrect. That date did have a 4in/hr rain. But the real downpour was a few days later when the rate was over 28mm for 12 minutes!. It peaked at 0735 at 235.97mm!
The Vantage Pro captures data every 2.5 seconds. My final inquiry is the exact definition of the "Ph is hourly precipitation". I'm taking these numbers to actually mean "hourly precipitation
rate averaged by the station (or WC) over the last 60 seconds". I guess I'm just having trouble wrapping my brain around the usefulness value like 9+ inches of rain an hour. I don't live in a "Rain Forrest" after all! I don't want to report exaggerated numbers that indicate a need for keeping a boat in the back yard!
I think I need to delete the
March .cat &
.cat.hrs files.
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