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Weather => General Weather Discussion => Topic started by: bcurry on December 06, 2016, 02:56:15 PM
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Hi all,
I did a little explanation on my blog about my participation in the CoCoRaHS weather project.
Great fun!
http://www.billcurry.ca/a-little-weather-project/
Bill
(http://www.billcurry.ca/weather/WeatherCatBanner.jpg)
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Nice writeup Bill. I too am a CoCoRaHS volunteer. I use two cylinders on snow days. I take the new one out and replace the one that is full. Then I bring the full one inside and let it thaw out and melt in my boiler room. About an hour later I measure the melted water content. I much prefer this method to my old approach of measuring hot water and then pouring it into the cylinder.
It would be interesting to know how many WeatherCatters also report precipitation to CoCoRaHS.
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Count me in Blick. I've been sending 'em daily data for years.
You gonna donate $10k to the December fund drive and get a personal visit from Nolan Doesken? [tup]
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You gonna donate $10k to the December fund drive and get a personal visit from Nolan Doesken? [tup]
No, I donated $5 and had dinner with Steve, which was just as fun and whole lot less expensive, especially considering Steve paid for it.
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Nice writeup Bill. I too am a CoCoRaHS volunteer. I use two cylinders on snow days. I take the new one out and replace the one that is full. Then I bring the full one inside and let it thaw out and melt in my boiler room. About an hour later I measure the melted water content. I much prefer this method to my old approach of measuring hot water and then pouring it into the cylinder.
It would be interesting to know how many WeatherCatters also report precipitation to CoCoRaHS.
Hi all-
That's a good idea about the two tube swap system. I use the measure and melt a lot, but normally we only get an inch or two of snow at any one time. I'll have to remember the two tube deal when we get larger amounts.
Nice to see that other WaetherCats are also CoCoRaHS volunteers!
Thanks,
Bill
(http://www.billcurry.ca/weather/WeatherCatBanner.jpg)
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No, I donated $5 and had dinner with Steve, which was just as fun and whole lot less expensive, especially considering Steve paid for it.
[tup] And I see that you went from a 4Runner to a Subaru, while I did just the opposite.
I've been collecting data for CoCoRaHS since 2011, but didn't do the snow collecting for last year. I've gotten lazy. Plus, I went to Florida for a month. :)
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Dear Steve and WeatherCat responsible weather data collectors,
I've been collecting data for CoCoRaHS since 2011, but didn't do the snow collecting for last year. I've gotten lazy. Plus, I went to Florida for a month. :)
[wink] . . . . Oh I don't know about you being lazy. I'm sure you would have reported every snowflake [snowflake] you spotted while you were in Florida - wouldn't you? lol(1)
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]