Archive for February 28, 2007

March Madness

February 28, 2007 by jon.

  No not THAT March Madness.  This one has to do with CoCoRahs.  Please see the below email from Nolan Doesken, the founder of CoCoRaHS.  Every March they have a drive to sign up as many volunteers as possible.  They do an informal competition between the states.

  If you are interested at all in weather, I strongly suggest checking this out.  This is also a great thing for teacher and scouting groups to get involved in.

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From: Nolan Doesken [mailto:nolan@atmos.colostate.edu] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:40 AMTo: CoCoRaHS Mailing List

Subject: CoCoRaHS — it’s that time of year,

Two more states join the CoCoRaHS team on March 1. That also marks the beginning of our annual “March Madness” competition. With 17 states on board, we expect lively competition this year to see which state can sign up the most new volunteers. Our newest states — Nevada and Wisconsin — will be duking it out, but don’t be surprised to see Illinois, Indiana and Montana making a run for it. And what about all of us here in Colorado?I’m sure we haven’t exhausted the pool of potential weather observers.

And then there’s Texas. When the word gets out down there that we need help measuring precipitation, my guess is hundreds of Texans will be signing up. So this next month should be a lot of fun.

By the end of March, as the weather warms and the fear of slipping on snow and ice begins to fade, I’m looking forward to seeing 2000 or more reports coming in each day. We’ve dropped back to about 1500-1600 reports each day in January and February, but if we ever all checked our gauges and sent in our reports, there are over 3000 of us participating. Let’s go for a new record.

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