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Show generally the difference was reduced by nearly half. It is felt that this type of installation will do an acceptable job in collecting precipitation and snowfall records in windy locations. It is planned to maintain the " Corn Crib" unaltered for next winter, and continue the comparison of the two catches. However, because the greater catch shifted suddenly to the " Corn Crib" area, it is perhaps important to mention that the 0- 12 Park Recorder does not have a wind shield of any kind. This may mean that it isn't doing the job as well as it should. Therefore, to make the two gauges more equal in mechanical features a shield will be installed around the Q- 12 Park gauge. As a sidelight, it was very encouraging to look out the station window at night during a raging blizzard and observe snow falling almost vertically into the guage and snowstake area within the " Corn Crib". Data used in precipitation comparison are not complete for all precipitation for each whole month, but were picked at random, leaving out many figures within the .01 to .10 inch range. |