A note from Charles Bell at the National Weather Service this morning:
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Hi everyone!
As all of you know, we are always looking for ways to improve our weather data network especially in some of the more rural locations.
I am excited to announce that the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) is now in California! This volunteer-driven program will allow people the chance to enter precipitation data on a daily basis and have the information immediately displayed on a web site (http://www.cocorahs.org/State.aspx?state=CA). With this new data, we will be able to do more storm verification, local storm reports, research, and hopefully improve our forecasts in the long run. This data will be particularly useful around the Big Sur area due to all of the burn scars which have greatly increased the chance for debris flows.
If you have any questions, or want more information, please feel free to contact me via email at charles.bell@noaa.gov.
Thank you!
Charles Bell
National Weather Service Monterey
