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Real Name: David Tewes Member Since: September 24, 2007 Last Signed In: October 09, 2008 Profile Views: 1627 Blog Views: 6163 Astronomy Day 2008 Of droughts and floods Hubble Space Telescope fails Tropics getting busy Astroimages for you desktop Hurricane season isn't over for Texas yet Ike's storm surge could have caused serious problems locally Be sure to catch the planets tonight Hurricane Ike's wild winds Ike is still approaching the coast September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 
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Calling All Weather Buffs
If you've got an interest in the weather and would like to make a difference, now is your chance.
The National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi is looking for a least 100 volunteers to record rainfall in its forecast area from Victoria to Kingsville and west to the border. Warning Coordination Meteorologist John Metz with the weather service said the network already has 65 volunteers. The weather service will supply official, free rain gauges while the supply lasts. These gauges typically sell for $20 or more. In return, volunteers are asked to report rainfall by Internet to a national network each day at about 7 a.m. The information will be used to develop drought and flood forecasts. You can contact Metz or Tony Merriman at 361-289-0959 extension 1 for details. Further information is available in the weather service newsletter South Texas Weather Journal. 2 comments from 2 users
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dtewes
on Nov 13, 2007 at 11:02 AM
Noel,I think they will take the report at any time. But they prefer it at about 7 a.m. because that gives them time to input the rainfall totals into the computer used by the river forecast center, which tries to get its flood forecasts out by noon. posted by
afa4nv2007
on Nov 13, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Hi Dave,
Sounds Interesting but do you have to report your rainfall @ 7AM thats pretty early alot of us late night people wont be up that early do you happen to know more about the reporting rules the NWS may get more volunteers if they move up the reporting time to whenever once a day instead of 7am dont you think? Noel Villarreal
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