This is my first post here, so please go easy on me. :wink: Just a bit of background. I have 2 degrees in meteorology, although I never went into the field. However my interest in the field has always remained high and I’ve always had well-respected weather stations at home. This is my first exper…

I know the rain isn’t “calibrated” yet, but it’s pretty hopelessly inaccurate still for many folks. My VP2 vs. WF vs. CoCoRaHS manual gauge so far this year… WF = 3.27 inches of rain VP2 = 2.42 inches manual gauge = 2.42 inches Wind is more reasonable given differences in height and location of …

That’s interesting. We just had a bit over an inch of rain here (storm has ended) and my Davis reported 1.14" and my WS reported 1.12. So I’m really happy with those results. The combination of wind with rain is another story. The first 6-8 hours of rain was fine in terms of the wind being reported,…

A new concern here is a frontal passage that occurred a few hours ago. Winds have picked up, temps have fallen and the air is drying out. My VP2 is currently showing a RH of 83% and most stations in my area are reporting low to mid 80% readings, yet my SF is still sitting at a mid-storm RH of 97% (i…

[image] vidguy7: Looking at the actual data from my unit, I show a rain rate of .08"/hr (which is correct), but the graphing of that data shows a virtually constant .55"/hour for over 2 hours. The graphs are set to specific bins: Light, medium, moderate, etc. That is likely what you are seein…

Ah, didn’t realize that gizmoev, thanks.

David, here’s what doesn’t make any sense to me. Below is David St. John’s explanation of these graphs: "The blue bar represents the average hourly rate for the time period shown, while the green line represents the daily accumulation (since midnight in the local timezone). The left axis scale …

[image] vidguy7: Yet there was no recording of lightning on my unit. I thought others had lightning detection when there was none, yet here I had none when there was. :slight_smile: The AIR unit is very sensitive to orientation, try turning it 45 degrees at a time and then find the sweet spo…

If you tap on the graph for the rain rate you’ll see those bars actually represent the “state” of the rain; light, medium, heavy, etc. The bars don’t correspond to the actual in/hr rates but simply what the system classified as “heavy” or “light” rain which is why they’re constant. The line in the g…

[image] vidguy7: David, here’s what doesn’t make any sense to me. Yes, I know. Many of us went through the same thing. What we have to remember is that WF is targeting a market that arent meteorologists, scientists, engineers, mathematicians, etc. I personally would like the actual rain rate …

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gizmoev January 20, 2019, 11:14pm 7

Here is the thread that talks about it: Rain Intensity values

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Can Rain Affect Wind Readings - Looks like Frost can as well (Updated) Tempest Owners sky	67	4760	February 19, 2019
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