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 ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Rainfall is the most standard form of precipitation. We experience rain all year round in our tropical environment. We also experience our fair share of extreme rainfall when ...

For more than a week the weather over the continental United States has been punctuated by extreme events. NASA analyzed satellite data that measured the heavy precipitation over ten days from late ...

Calling all weather nerds! More volunteers are needed to measure rain, hail and snow precipitation from their backyard. A program called CoCoRaHS, or Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow ...

CLEVELAND — November in Northeast Ohio marks that time of year when measuring what falls from the sky starts to get a little tricky. Rain is easy — snow and ice, can come with a challenge. When it’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is easy to tell at a glance whether or not it's snowing, but accurately measuring how much it is snowing presents numerous ...

The National Weather Service has a network of over 8,000 volunteer weather observers across the country. They collect data that the service uses to fine-tune its forecasts. Ninety-six-year-old Dorothy ...

To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring and reporting snow and sleet totals and converting them into liquid equivalents. Measuring precipitation ...