steve wrote:MickinMoulden wrote:.you say that mine would be excactly the same even if I had a VP?
I'm saying that it could be, if the heavy rain continued for long enough. I'm saying that very short downpours will give higher rain rates on a VP than on a FO; possibly significantly so, as in my extreme example. I'm saying that during a sustained heavy downpour of 5 minutes or more, the figures are more likely to be similar.
Yes, you are right and I understand. So I understand that in a 48 sec period the VP can record rain rate spikes. The FO can't. The RR for me comes from Cumulus working out the info it get's from the FO over the 48 sec sampling period. There will be the same rain rate spikes in that 48sec downpour sample that the FO just doesn't record. It's like a no-option-anti-spike technology built in (to put a positive spin on it). So unless I'm still missing something, If I had a VP, I would pick up those RR spikes, and get a higher RR than 121, which is recorded in Cumulus. That's what I'm trying to say. Sorry if my words have caused any misunderstanding. I'm just jealous, that's all.
you can get 295 on your VP but Cumulus says 7
Cumulus also said 295.
Ahhh. Didn't know that. Sorry. I also understand that Cumulus said 295 because that's the information that the VP has available to it? ....get it now, Cumulus displays the RR differently. VP gives Cumulus the RR and Cumulus works it out for FO because FO's don't do that, just like you said. YPFWYG........(you pay for what you get, did I just make this up? or is it already one of those "LOL" things?)
but yet you can't believe that mine at 121 couldn't be extremly higher on a VP let alone any different.
When did I say that? I said it
might be the same.
You said "possibly exactly the same". This doesn't seem like a statement you would use if you believed that it could be higher, thus the "can't believe" statement. It's not quoting you, it's an observation,
The only data you can really compare with is your own. This isn't a competition.
This is the "Mine's Bigger than yours" Cumulus Record Breaker competition isn't it? And we all do it in good fun
, comparing and admiring the diverse weather conditions around the world from fellow Cumulus users. We are all interested in weather, that's why everyone puts there weather in their signature. This topic is just an extension of that. Showing off your weather. I find it very interesting, just like everyone else that has posted.
Come on, admit it, you got into it. Holding your cards close until you trumped everyone with those pressure records. Fun fun fun. Well done.
. With the new calibration it's still slightly under, so if my gauge was suffering from blowout during the cyclone, then I would have been even more under!