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I've got a ambient weather station ws-2080 model #. It shows rain amounts when it isn't even raining out. Could this be caused by the wind moving the sensor inside the rain gauge?
Rain total - Incorrect
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Re: Rain total - Incorrect
I don't have a WS-2080 but I have heard of gauges that suffered from false bucket tips caused by the wind (and also a case where the problem was a cow rubbing on the fence on which the rain gauge was mounted!).nwulf wrote:I've got a ambient weather station ws-2080 model #. It shows rain amounts when it isn't even raining out. Could this be caused by the wind moving the sensor inside the rain gauge?
IIRC the people suffering from the wind induced bucket tips arranged a baffle somewhere below the bucket, something like a piece of ladies tights/stockings across the bottom of the gauge maybe?