On 17/08/2010 08:24, Hugh Newbury wrote:
On 17/08/10 07:49, Paul Hyett wrote:
On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 at 00:16:21, hungerdunger
wrote in uk.sci.weather :

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ather-centre-S
imon-Cansick-accurate-farmers-snubbing-Met-Office.html

Am I missing something here? This man has bought a Davis Vantage Pro
and is
using "Weather Underground" software, as are many other people in the
UK,
yet this appears to qualify him for a piece in the Daily Mail, and five
minutes on Radio 5's evening news programme (at about 6.50 if anyone
can be
bothered to Listen Again).

Still, if it encourages more people to buy home weather stations, it
can't be a bad thing...

Having the raingauge above roof level is somewhat non-standard, to say
the least. I compare my 2 gauges each day, the Davis being about head
height and the standard gauge buried in the ground. The difference is
amazing: so far this year the difference is just over 100mm.

Won't the gauge buried in the ground also count rain bouncing back up?
Or do you mean the collecting device is buried to prevent evaporation?

Rain was bouncing of concrete to almost waist high up here during one of
the very heavy showers last week. Not enough of it to overflow the gauge
but the rate it came down and the noise was quite something.

Regards,
Martin Brown