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NOAA Days of Rain using >=
Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2011 1:51 am
by Skywatcher
The number of Days of Rain are using >= comparisons instead of > e.g. should be 5 > 0.2mm (build 1007)
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Day Temp High Time Low Time Days Days Rain Speed High Time Dir
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1 3.3 12.2 13:54 -2.8 05:16 15.0 0.0 0.2 1.4 16.4 12:59 NE
2 4.7 15.8 14:08 -2.0 05:57 6.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 11.0 13:57 ESE
3 4.5 14.7 15:08 -2.1 06:17 13.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 11.0 12:05 E
4 5.5 13.1 13:22 -2.3 06:51 12.8 0.0 0.4 1.0 12.8 19:44 W
5 8.1 12.9 12:42 5.7 06:30 10.2 0.0 1.0 2.8 18.2 10:39 W
6 8.0 14.8 15:17 1.3 23:07 10.3 0.0 0.0 4.4 29.0 12:01 ENE
7 5.3 10.3 00:18 -1.1 23:28 13.0 0.0 0.0 4.4 47.2 10:53 SW
8 7.3 19.9 13:35 -1.9 00:59 11.0 0.1 0.0 2.4 29.0 15:13 W
9 5.4 12.1 13:56 -1.6 07:49 12.9 0.0 0.2 4.5 29.0 15:15 ENE
10 6.2 11.3 14:12 1.3 06:18 12.1 0.0 0.2 1.5 16.4 00:05 SW
11 5.8 11.4 12:32 -1.7 07:40 12.5 0.0 0.2 0.6 12.8 14:22 ENE
12 6.9 8.4 13:10 5.7 00:07 11.3 0.0 2.4 4.3 32.8 14:13 ENE
13 6.5 8.2 13:31 3.8 23:33 11.8 0.0 0.0 1.2 16.4 00:16 WSW
14 4.7 12.1 12:27 -0.3 23:59 13.6 0.0 0.2 5.6 51.0 12:32 SW
15 0.5 4.8 14:33 -1.7 02:56 17.8 0.0 7.6 16.7 56.4 05:29 WSW
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Days of Rain: 10 (> 0.2 mm) 2 (> 2.0 mm) 0 (> 20.0 mm)
Re: NOAA Days of Rain using >=
Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2011 6:40 am
by steve
It's intentional. I can't find a specification for these reports, so on the whole I tried to copy what Weatherlink does, and it does the same.
Re: NOAA Days of Rain using >=
Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2011 9:18 am
by Skywatcher
The old version of Weatherlink (4 ?) I used for years with a Weather Monitor II definitely applied a strict > test in its NOAA reports.
Here's part of the saved report for May 2007 from Weatherlink 4 - as you can see it only says 5 days of rain > .2mm instead of 12.
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DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR
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1 10.2 11.7 12:10 9.1 4:10 1.8 0.0 2.4 4.3 17.7 2:30 SSE
2 10.1 11.7 14:40 8.6 24:00 1.9 0.0 19.0 3.6 27.4 18:10 SSE
3 8.5 11.2 15:40 5.8 20:10 3.5 0.0 0.6 2.9 17.7 0:20 SSE
4 10.1 13.6 15:00 5.2 7:50 2.1 0.0 0.2 5.6 32.2 16:50 N
5 14.1 21.1 14:20 8.4 5:40 0.8 0.5 0.2 1.5 16.1 0:30 N
6 13.2 15.0 11:50 11.7 6:50 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.7 25.7 17:40 N
7 13.5 19.1 11:10 7.9 21:50 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.7 19.3 4:10 N
8 9.1 14.6 14:40 3.7 7:30 3.2 0.0 0.2 1.8 22.5 16:20 N
9 11.9 16.3 23:00 8.2 6:30 1.1 0.0 0.0 2.4 17.7 0:40 N
10 14.0 17.3 5:20 7.7 24:00 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.8 24.1 5:30 NNW
11 10.9 16.7 13:15 7.7 1:00 1.8 0.0 0.8 2.6 41.8 13:45 N
12 9.4 14.3 15:30 4.0 8:00 2.9 0.0 0.0 1.3 11.3 13:15 SSW
13 9.0 14.4 14:00 2.1 8:00 3.5 0.0 0.0 3.0 24.1 14:00 N
14 10.7 18.3 17:00 5.1 6:00 2.5 0.0 0.2 3.2 29.0 20:00 N
15 10.1 13.1 13:00 7.0 23:30 1.9 0.0 0.0 3.5 25.7 15:15 N
16 13.9 21.9 15:00 6.2 1:30 1.7 0.7 0.2 3.5 40.2 14:45 S
17 11.5 19.2 14:15 5.1 24:00 2.1 0.1 0.0 3.7 24.1 5:15 N
18 10.6 19.1 13:15 4.8 1:15 2.4 0.0 0.2 2.0 16.1 14:30 NNW
19 11.2 13.8 12:45 8.4 8:30 1.1 0.0 0.0 4.8 27.4 13:15 N
20 13.9 20.8 14:15 7.3 3:45 1.4 0.4 0.0 2.7 22.5 12:00 N
21 17.3 18.9 13:30 14.1 22:30 0.0 0.1 0.0 5.0 33.8 7:15 S
22 11.7 14.9 0:15 7.1 8:15 0.8 0.0 0.0 5.4 27.4 17:00 N
23 13.4 19.8 14:30 10.1 23:45 0.2 0.1 0.0 5.7 27.4 6:15 N
24 13.1 17.1 16:10 8.2 22:20 0.5 0.0 0.0 2.4 24.1 4:00 N
25 9.2 15.1 12:50 2.3 8:10 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.2 32.2 15:10 N
26 10.3 14.8 14:10 5.4 7:50 2.1 0.0 0.0 3.4 27.4 13:10 N
27 10.9 15.0 12:20 6.2 2:00 1.8 0.0 0.0 3.2 19.3 12:30 S
28 9.4 13.4 15:00 4.4 8:30 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.0 11.3 2:20 N
29 8.7 14.6 15:20 2.3 7:00 3.7 0.0 0.4 0.9 16.1 10:30 SE
30 8.9 16.0 13:30 2.2 5:30 3.7 0.0 0.0 3.4 24.1 19:40 N
31 14.0 18.2 19:10 6.6 5:10 1.1 0.0 0.2 1.9 25.7 12:10 N
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Days of Rain: 5 (> .2 mm) 2 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm)
Re: NOAA Days of Rain using >=
Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2011 9:52 am
by steve
This is from the latest version of Weatherlink (5.9.3). It's not a full month as I don't run WL often enough.
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DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR
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7 12.4 13.9 14:15 11.3 18:40 2.7 0.0 9.4 14.5 29.0 22:40 NW
8 11.5 12.9 15:25 9.7 23:40 6.8 0.0 3.0 19.7 35.0 18:40 NNW
9 11.0 13.8 13:00 9.6 5:05 7.3 0.0 0.6 13.4 28.0 1:40 WNW
10 11.2 13.9 16:15 9.0 22:25 7.1 0.0 0.0 6.9 17.0 1:15 E
11 11.7 15.1 11:15 8.8 0:20 6.7 0.0 0.0 9.0 22.0 15:50 NE
12 12.2 15.2 15:55 6.4 3:15 5.9 0.0 0.2 8.5 28.0 22:00 SE
13 13.8 15.7 14:30 12.9 1:40 4.1 0.0 5.8 10.8 29.0 3:05 SSE
14 13.2 16.3 14:35 9.1 23:50 5.2 0.0 0.2 4.6 15.0 13:45 S
15 12.8 17.2 13:00 9.3 0:05 5.5 0.0 0.4 5.9 16.0 12:10 SSW
16 10.9 14.4 9:55 7.2 6:10 3.3 0.0 0.0 3.2 12.0 9:55 SSW
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12.1 17.2 15 6.4 12 54.5 0.0 19.6 9.6 35.0 8 NNW
Max >= 32.0: 0
Max <= 0.0: 0
Min <= 0.0: 0
Min <= -18.0: 0
Max Rain: 9.40 ON 07/08/11
Days of Rain: 7 (> .2 mm) 3 (> 2 mm) 0 (> 20 mm)
Re: NOAA Days of Rain using >=
Posted: Wed 17 Aug 2011 1:48 am
by Skywatcher
OK, so Davis have moved the goalposts between WL 4 and 5
I haven't used WL since the day I installed the VP2.
I also had a quick google for a NOAA spec but can't find it !
Great to have the reports and I can make the results consistent by setting the thresholds to 0.3, 2.1, 20.1 in Cumulus.