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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 ...

You step outside, feel a few raindrops, maybe catch the scent of desert petrichor, but later see “T” on the weather report rather than a rainfall total. You may have seen rain, but that doesn’t mean ...

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 ...