yeah why? It has screws at the bottom for adjustment and I tinkered with them to see how tight they were. I think thats where I screwed it up so i'm gonna take it back down and redo it next week when i'm off work.
yeah why? It has screws at the bottom for adjustment and I tinkered with them to see how tight they were. I think thats where I screwed it up so i'm gonna take it back down and redo it next week when i'm off work.
I think I know the screws you mean. It doesn't matter how tight they are. They aren't supposed to be all that tight; the screwheads need to be set to a certain height to allow the tipping bucket X amount of play. Raising the screw heads stops the bucket tip at a higher position so that it requires less rainfall to cause the next tip. (I.e., it makes the gauge more sensitive.) On the Vantage Pro I've dealt with, adjusting the screws just a turn or two can re-calibrate the unit by a considerable margin. If I remember right, just a turn-and-a-half increased the registered precip by about 50%. Not by 60 inches, though.
I do not believe there is any screw setting that would allow the bucket to tip 60 inches' worth for a one- or two-inch rain. That's why it doesn't sound to me like a calibration issue. It sounds more like a product-return issue.
I did the cup of water over the top but the drip was to fast. It was suppose to take 20 minutes and register 1.06 inches of rain for an 8oz cup. It took 5 minutes and registered 20 inches.
I'm gonna take it back down and do it in a more controlled setting.
I did the cup of water over the top but the drip was to fast. It was suppose to take 20 minutes and register 1.06 inches of rain for an 8oz cup. It took 5 minutes and registered 20 inches.
I'm gonna take it back down and do it in a more controlled setting.
The only way those numbers make any sense is if you're displaying in mm and not inches.
I did the cup of water over the top but the drip was to fast. It was suppose to take 20 minutes and register 1.06 inches of rain for an 8oz cup. It took 5 minutes and registered 20 inches.
I'm gonna take it back down and do it in a more controlled setting.
The only way those numbers make any sense is if you're displaying in mm and not inches.
1.06" = 26.924mm
You are so correct. I was in mm and it is a small display in the top left of the screen for rain. So maybe it's not so far off afterall. It's currently showing 112mm which is 4.4 inches. Perhaps a little high but nowhere near as severe as I thought.
In other news … imagine my surprise to find that .72" had fallen here right before I woke up at 8:00. I slept clean through it.
As I type, it's still raining in Fountain proper, where the (temporarily working) Fountain weather station has recorded an even inch, so far. All of it off one little, isolated cell. I guess it's riding the cold front.
In other news … imagine my surprise to find that .72" had fallen here right before I woke up at 8:00. I slept clean through it.
As I type, it's still raining in Fountain proper, where the (temporarily working) Fountain weather station has recorded an even inch, so far. All of it off one little, isolated cell. I guess it's riding the cold front
This cell formed back by raleigh around 3am and has pulsed and rolled around a slowly making its way this way for a am shower.
Heres the 24 hour loop overnight. Even as the complex up north fizzed this little guy popped up and made a run straight for bozarts house.
Post by snowlover91 on Jun 26, 2016 0:02:05 GMT -5
Noticed there was rain on my windshield this morning from that little complex mentioned by Steve. Not sure how much it dropped but nice to see. Looks like dry weather for a few days then the storms return, and a cool start to July too. CPC is saying below average July temps with above normal precip.
Post by snowlover91 on Jun 27, 2016 10:23:25 GMT -5
I've noticed quite a bit of tree damage riding down 264 from Knightdale to Zebulon. One sign was also blown over and most of the metal siding on it blew away.