Most of us know how to use a rain gauge, or at least most of us think that we know how. Set it outdoors before a rainfall, check it after the storm has passed, and then tell your friends and neighbors ...

Diamond Dickson was born in Houston, TX and comes from our sister station in Bryan/Waco/College Station where she served as a morning anchor, MMJ and producer. She joins KRIS 6 as a Meteorologist. On ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is the authority when it comes to weather measurement and reporting. To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring ...

FARGO — Rain gauges come in all different shapes and sizes, but the StormTRACKER rain gauge has four parts: a funnel, a measuring tube, a 4-inch diameter overflow tube and this mounting bracket. Where ...

We’ve already seen quite a bit of rain this morning, and more is expected this week. This simple project can be done with simple things around the house. First carefully cut the water bottle about 1/4 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) – We received a fair amount of rainfall today. And, the First Alert Doppler Radar had a good handle on how much precipitation had fallen. There was about two inches near the ...

Whenever it rains, the first question to come to mind is, “How much did we get?” To help you find the answer in your own yard, let’s make a rain gauge. All we need for supplies is a two liter bottle, ...

Fargo saw measurable rainfall 12 days in the month of June, and the F-M metro got hammered with rain last week. There's no doubt we're in thunderstorm season. While it has kept people with rain gauges ...

Nineteenth-century technology is just fine for measuring something as plain as rain. The 8-inch rain gauge, which funnels raindrops from an 8-inch-wide dish into a narrower cylinder, is standard ...

Improved rainfall data makes it easier for regions to plan, predict and warn residents, as more parts of the country brace for extreme weather events. “The more we know where there are flood risks, ...