January 2020 Forecasts and Discussions

[SouthSardiswx]

I'm pretty sure Sardis is being rain shadowed by Promontory hill. Well Gumps almost time to move over to February, can someone turn out the lights when leaving January.

[Forrest Gump]

Still getting pounded here too , just like Eric frolic getting beat up by Canada's greatest athlete Gene Kiniski.

[Typeing3]

Still getting pounded here too , just like Eric frolic getting beat up by Canada's greatest athlete Gene Kiniski.

Pretty crazy event for white rock too, given its normally shadowed. 64mm recorded at the official station today.

[Forrest Gump]

I'm pretty sure Sardis is being rain shadowed by Promontory hill. Well Gumps almost time to move over to February, can someone turn out the lights when leaving January.

Sha-na, na, na, sha-na, na, na
Hey, hey-ey, goodbye
Sha-na, na, na, sha-na, na, na
Hey, hey-ey, goodbye

[Abby_wx]

My station is showing 62.4 mm since midnight, though it does lag badly during heavy rain... I estimate near 75 mm, but not home at the moment.

[AbbyJr]

My station is showing 62.4 mm since midnight, though it does lag badly during heavy rain... I estimate near 75 mm, but not home at the moment.

Why does it lag during heavy rain?

[SouthSardiswx]

My station is showing 62.4 mm since midnight, though it does lag badly during heavy rain... I estimate near 75 mm, but not home at the moment.

Ya l'm sure we have some shadowing out here today. My gague is accurate based on fellow members and their totals out here.

[SouthSardiswx]

Why does it lag during heavy rain?

His tipping spoon may not be keeping up with the rainfall Jr.

[Abby_wx]

Why does it lag during heavy rain?

I believe it's a design flaw... the tipping bucket mechanism can't keep up, and it ends up spilling some of the water before it's measured. A lot of people have reported similar issues.

There is an updated version that's supposed to fix the problem, but have to order from the US, so I've been putting it off because it's probably going to be expensive after the exchange rate, shipping, taxes and duty is tacked on.

[SouthSardiswx]

I believe it's a design flaw... the tipping bucket mechanism can't keep up, and it ends up spilling some of the water before it's measured. A lot of people have reported similar issues.

There is an updated version that's supposed to fix the problem, but have to order from the US, so I've been putting it off because it's probably going to be expensive after the exchange rate, shipping, taxes and duty is tacked on.

The Ecowitt and Ambient stations have taken those issues into account apparently.

[Abby_wx]

The Ecowitt and Ambient stations have taken those issues into account apparently.

Yeah, Davis has been a little behind the times. They reigned supreme 15 years ago, but they got lazy and other companies began to step up in a big way.

I'm not sure if my next station will be Davis or something else. I hope I can just keep this one going for a few more years with some new parts.

One good thing I can say about Davis is they're pretty reliable overall. Some people have been running the same station for 10-15 years... those competitors have barely been around for that long.

[SouthSardiswx]

Yeah, Davis has been a little behind the times. They reigned supreme 15 years ago, but they got lazy and other companies began to step up in a big way.

I'm not sure if my next station will be Davis or something else. I hope I can just keep this one going for a few more years with some new parts.

One good thing I can say about Davis is they're pretty reliable overall. Some people have been running the same station for 10-15 years... those competitors have barely been around for that long.

Well the problem with Acurite is there weather station have issues, usually failure of some kind especially there 5 in 1 stations even the new Atlas the one I had back in summer not even 2 days old and the wind stopped registering on the console off and on. Thank goodness for Amazon exchange policy no questions asked returns. As for Davis very durable indeed but again I'm very pleased with Ecowitt I'm thinking of upgrading to the Ultra sonic wind gauge I can purchase just the wind gauge through their company.

[arbetrader]

So yxx measured 67.9mm yesterday. I'm guessing they've received close to 15mm so far today, added to the other 15.7mm received Thursday night meaning thats close to 100mm storm total... Pretty impressive actually.

[Hawk]

Nito called it...AR. Where are you Nito? Outside playing in the mud puddles and soggy grasslands called your backyard?

Whats happening next? Snow/slush? Model fail?

And where is WP for our weekend update

[Abby_wx]

So yxx measured 67.9mm yesterday. I'm guessing they've received close to 15mm so far today, added to the other 15.7mm received Thursday night meaning thats close to 100mm storm total... Pretty impressive actually.

I measured 93.4 mm, I'm guessing the airport got slightly more since it seems like western areas got hit a little harder with this event.