David wrote:
I'm impressed with my new manual rain gauge (Nylex 1000) that I got about 11th Jan, tested its capacity to be ~275mm, and I put about 10.2mm into the tube yesterday to test how efficient it is at preventing evaporation - none of it had evaporated by the end of the day (just a little bit of condensation above the water level in the tube). Annoying thing is that it refuses to rain so I can compare it's accuracy with my automatic tipping bucket gauge.
That's what I've got to measure rainfall. Theyr'e excellent....but
Dont trust those tipping bucket things.
JohnGaul
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