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The National Weather Service is looking for a few good weather watchers to provide vital information on rain, snow, and hail. The program is called CoCoRaHS, an acronym for Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network.
“Basically, you can never have too many,” said Brandon Gale, meteorologist, Bismarck NWS. “In North Dakota we have airport observing stations but those are few and far between. CoCoRaHS can really help fill in the gaps.”
Information provided by CoCoRaHS volunteers gives the NWS a much more thorough look at how weather systems impact the state, such as thunderstorms that drop several inches of rain in one area but as little as a quarter-inch less than a mile away.