MesoWest
Precipitation Monitor
MesoWest has been designed for use by National Weather Service
meteorologists and other professionals for protection of life and property.
Comments and suggestions for improvement are encouraged and can
be sent to meteo-mesowest@lists.utah.edu.
The MesoWest
Precipitation Monitor provides access to precipitation totals in fixed time
intervals for all available weather stations within the selected region. The
page reloads every 5 minutes. The totals are calculated by looking at the most
recent observation and observations during the past 24 hours. Longer records
of each station within the selected region are also available by clicking on
the station, then clicking on 'Past Data' in the left hand menu or by selecting
the Precipitation
Summary product.
Settings
The user can change the settings as follows:
- the region of interest: GACC, County Warning Area, Fire Weather Zone, or
State
- the networks from which the weather information is received: RAWS, NWS/FAA
and RAWS, or all networks
Tabular Format
The first column contains the station name and identifier defined by participating
agencies or firms. Long names are truncated. The second column contains additional
station information (network and elevation). The third column contains the UTC
and local time of the most recent observation. The next 5 columns are totals (in
inches) of precipitation during the past 1 hr, 3 hrs, 6 hrs, 12 hrs, and 24 hrs
previous to the most recent observation. Note that the most recent observation
may not be close to the current time, particularly for NWS/FAA stations. The last
two columns are the precipitation totals reported between the current time and
midnight and between the current time and 13:00 local time.
Stations can be ordered either alphabetically by name, or by elevation from highest
to lowest, by clicking on the appropriate link at the top of the tabular data..
The maximum, minimum, and average values for each subregion are summarized for
that subregion.
Subregions within the geographic region of interest are defined as follows:
- Geographic Area Coordination Center: Predictive Service Areas (PSAs)
- National Weather Service County Warning Area: forecast zones
- National Weather Service Fire Weather Zone: fire weather forecast zone
- State: counties
Work in Progress
- Precipitation totals may be incorrect occasionally for NWS stations due
to irregular reporting intervals
- Quality control of precipitation data is limited to gross checks