You know rain is needed when you walk past your rain gauge and it's full of spiderwebs and dust. Had a few sound & light shows recently in Ballarat but no water.
hako said
01:55 PM Nov 23, 2015
Spyderman - it was a mortal crime in the Bureau if you didn't remove the measure to check it even in a severe drought. Couple of reasons for this = check the funnel is clean and hole is open, check measure is clean and most importantly to measure dew which can form in the severest of droughts and is measured as 'precipitation (annoted as dew). Generally it is only a 'trace' but sometimes 0.2mm or greater if a fog was present.
Good Luck.
Spydermann said
03:18 PM Nov 23, 2015
I worked for the CSIRO for a year in a previous life and was on a weekly roster to take all the observations and phone them thru the the Met Bureau. And launch balloons for air analysis. Dew point, evaporation, precipitation, wet & dry bulb thermometers, cloud types etc. were all terms I knew and worked with. Other than a rain gauge & thermometer, I've forgotten all the other bits. And of course, clean equipment.
D and D said
06:16 PM Nov 23, 2015
All over Spyderman. Just driven through rural NSW and am in Central Queensland and the place is so dry as far as you can see. Everyone's crying out for rain, not just a shower but a long spell of consistent rain that will do more than settle the dust. Despite this, the government doesn't think some of these places are drought affected, buggered if I can understand that.
Dave
Casualkev said
06:42 PM Nov 23, 2015
Spydermann wrote:
I worked for the CSIRO for a year in a previous life and was on a weekly roster to take all the observations and phone them thru the the Met Bureau. And launch balloons for air analysis. Dew point, evaporation, precipitation, wet & dry bulb thermometers, cloud types etc. were all terms I knew and worked with. Other than a rain gauge & thermometer, I've forgotten all the other bits. And of course, clean equipment.
I've forgotten what time I got up this morning.
Kev
Cupie said
07:01 PM Nov 23, 2015
Spydermann wrote:
I worked for the CSIRO for a year in a previous life and was on a weekly roster to take all the observations and phone them thru the the Met Bureau. And launch balloons for air analysis. Dew point, evaporation, precipitation, wet & dry bulb thermometers, cloud types etc. were all terms I knew and worked with. Other than a rain gauge & thermometer, I've forgotten all the other bits. And of course, clean equipment.
I did much the same as a OIC of a (one man) Technician's Station when working for the good old PMG ... circa 1961.
Phil Owen said
11:42 PM Nov 25, 2015
I took my rain gauge back to the green shed cause it wasn't working!
dorian said
06:40 AM Nov 26, 2015
This thread reminds me of "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" episode of Michael Palin's Ripping Yarns:
You know rain is needed when you walk past your rain gauge and it's full of spiderwebs and dust. Had a few sound & light shows recently in Ballarat but no water.
Good Luck.
Dave
I've forgotten what time I got up this morning.
Kev
I did much the same as a OIC of a (one man) Technician's Station when working for the good old PMG ... circa 1961.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ripping_Yarns_episodes