Something I would like to see in the WeatherFlow app is the ability to toggle the description so that instead of “heavy” it will show the rate/hr of the rain. Perhaps a setting feature that simply allows the user to choose if the verbal descriptions are used vs the hourly rate would be a simple way …

Agree with you, the rate/hr would be more scientific and accurate to more vague ‘moderate’ heavy’. Always easier said than done of course.

Rain rate is a strange measurement. Some prefer the actual amount, some prefer the derived metric and some prefer a word describing to rain. I prefer the actual amount. It takes me one minute to drink one beer in one hour. I don’t want this described as drinking at a rate of 60 points an hour.

[image] GaryFunk: I prefer the actual amount. It takes me one minute to drink one beer in one hour. I don’t want this described as drinking at a rate of 60 points an hour. Most, if not all rain radars convert dBZ to either millimetres per hour or inches per hour, in the form of coloured refle…

Yeah I agree, having the option to toggle the rain rate could be a simple settings switch to flip. That way those who prefer the word method like heavy rain can have that view and others who prefer the rate per hour can enjoy it that way!

Indeed, station operators (and users) should be able to choose. :unamused: For example, this morning, my area got some rain, at times heavy rain and at other time light rain. Unfortunately, WeatherFlow’s reporting of rain was really poor. When the rain was really heavy (ie: 12.2 mm/hr on my Davis V…

Just want to bump this thread. It would be easy for WF to add a toggle somewhere in the settings to allow us to go back to actual rain rate data, like we used to have. Rain rates are measured in in/hr or mm/hr (normalized for the short time period of measurement. i.e. if it rains 0.01" in 1 minute, …

After reading through some more threads, it seems WF is planning to address this soon. [image] Change in graphing rain rate Feature Requests Agree! We’re really looking forward to enabling this kind of citizen science. There is no such thing as too much data when it comes …

Yes, and it’s getting “sooner” now that RainCheck is out there. Thanks for the bump - this should happen in the next couple weeks.

Have I missed it? A year ago, you said we could toggle ‘rain rate’ data soon. My Tempest gives me ‘words’ for rate rate that are NOT accurate. .30 in/hr is HEAVY rain. No that’s light to moderate rain at best. In thunderstorm country like Tennessee, rain rates vary widely in every storm… and th…

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After reading through some more threads, it seems WF is planning to address this soon.

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