Cut the top off the bottle. Look for where the top curves into the side and becomes straight, and cut at the top of that straight part. Do not throw the top away. Put a layer of stones in the bottom ...

WDIO Storm Track Meteorologist Sabrina Ullman demonstrates how to make a DIY rain gauge with a plastic 2-liter bottle, a pair of scissors, a ruler, masking tape, and a permanent marker.

Diamond Dickson was born in Houston, TX and comes from our sister station in Bryan/Waco/College Station where she served as a morning anchor, MMJ and producer. She joins KRIS 6 as a Meteorologist. On ...

In my experience, gardeners often overestimate rainfall. A cloudburst might seem to have thoroughly saturated the ground, but scratch down an inch and you might find bone-dry soil. Because watering — ...

It isn’t that hard to make an electronic rain gauge if you have a steady source of power or you don’t mind changing batteries often. But [Matthew Ford] offers a third option: a simple device with a ...

FARGO — There are good rain gauges and there are bad rain gauges. If you want an accurate measurement of how much rain has fallen on your plot of land, you need a good rain gauge. Most of the ...

Today's story comes from a long-time viewer. He set up two rain gauges side-by-side but measured a different amount of rain in each. He wanted to know which one is accurate and how to choose a good ...

It certainly is and it's one of the most useful and easy-to-make weather instruments. The rain gauges that meteorologists use are fairly simple devices. An official rain gauge is little more than a ...