Co mmunity Co llaborative Ra in H ail S now Network

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Community Collaborative Rain Hail Snow Network Got Rainfall? Join CoCoRaHS! - A Volunteer network of daily precipitation observers. - Simple requirements: - Watch a short training video online. - Plastic Rain Gauge ($20-25). - Internet Connection. - Make daily precipitation reports. - Rainfall varies greatly over short distances. - Especially in the Desert Southwest!

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Got Rainfall? Join CoCoRaHS!. Co mmunity Co llaborative Ra in H ail S now Network. A Volunteer network of daily precipitation observers. Simple requirements: Watch a short training video online. Plastic Rain Gauge ($20-25). Internet Connection. Make daily precipitation reports. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Community

Collaborative

Rain

Hail

Snow Network

Got Rainfall? Join CoCoRaHS!

- A Volunteer network of daily precipitation observers.

- Simple requirements:- Watch a short training video online.- Plastic Rain Gauge ($20-25).- Internet Connection.

- Make daily precipitation reports.

- Rainfall varies greatly over short distances.

- Especially in the Desert Southwest!

- CoCoRaHS helps “fill the gaps!”

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- Daily precip data is entered in a simple web form at a standard time.

- Rainfall, Snowfall, Snow Depth.

- Reports between 6:00 and 10:00 am are preferred, but not mandatory.

- Delayed reports OK.

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CoCoRaHS is Volunteer-Friendly!What if I’m not home?

- Have a friend check your gauge for you.- Or, report a “Multi-Day Accumulation.”- Or, just report “Missing.”

A dense network makes a handful of “missing” observations more acceptable.

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Multi-Day Precip Form

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CoCoRaHS is Volunteer-Friendly!What about when it doesn’t rain for 4 months?

- “Daily Zeroes” can be sent en-masse every few days.- Just click on the days with “0.0 Precip” and hit Submit.

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What is the Data Good For?- Filling gaps between the “official” rain gauges...

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CoCoRaHS Data Uses

Daily Precipitation Table

Daily Precip Maps (Coming Soon)

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CoCoRaHS – El Paso Needs Some Help!

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NWS El Paso Volunteer Page

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/epz/?n=volunteer

http://www.cocorahs.org