• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Getting a real rain gauge

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Does anyone sell good non-electronic rain gauges anymore? All I'm finding are:

a. Plastic garden gauges
b. Cheap rain gauges that are really a vehicle for artsy "antique" designs
c. Electronic gauges

Whatever happened to the large bucket and inside funnel/tube gauges, with wooden stick? Or at least the plastic version with markings every 0.01"? I'm poking around on eBay but it's a mess there as everyone and their dog is selling the cheap plastic garden gauges.

Tim
 
Ever hear of these guys?

http://www.novalynx.com/products-rain-gauges.html

I was sick of my tipping guage, its terribly inaccurate, so I went with the plastic guage all the way to the right. Despite being plastic its not a cheapo garden rain guage. It has a 4" diameter opening, measures down to .01" and can hold up to 11" in the overflow container.

I really wanted the big metal container but it costs 10x more than the plastic one. I suppose having an 8" opening over 4" is better, but its a huge improvement from my tipping bucket.

In the winter I take out the funnel and collection tube to measure snowfall. Actually, I melt the snow and measure the liquid. I measure the snow depth seperately on a snow board.
 
CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network) sells/provides rain gauges for all of its volunteers. It is a plastic gauge with a 4" opening and is calibrated every .01. The website for this is http://www.cocorahs.org (hopefully the link works). I know there are a few volunteers in Texas now. Not sure if this helps or not. Good luck!
 
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