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CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS stands for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
CoCoRaHS began with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University
in 1998 in response to the damaging Fort Collins flood in 1997.
The CoCoRaHS network is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to report rainfall, snowfall
and hail information. Observers can be individuals, who take readings in their
backyard, or school classes that take readings at their school. The measurements
are made using high quality 4 inch rain gauges and hail pads. The information is
used by a wide variety of organizations such as: The National Weather Service;
television meteorologist; hydrologist; researchers; emergency managers and many
others. Become a piece of the meteorological puzzle and join the other 8,000
volunteers from across the country and become a CoCoRaHS observer.
Please visit the CoCoRaHS website at www.cocorahs.org
to learn more about the program. You can click on the
"Join CoCoRaHS" link to become an observer.
You can go through the on-line training or attend a training class to be on your way to become a
part of the meteorological community.
The NWS Raleigh has been actively utilizing CoCoRaHS data for a variety of uses including
real time precipitation and data analysis, severe weather operations, and post storm reviews.
Some more specific examples are shown below:
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