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.

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 — ...

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 ...

Viewer-submitted photo of a rain gauge. (KSAT Connect) (KSAT) The end of January has brought an active pattern, with several rounds of rain and storms. Area rainfall totals have been very important as ...

Most of us know how to use a rain gauge, or at least most of us think that we know how. Set it outdoors before a rainfall, check it after the storm has passed, and then tell your friends and neighbors ...

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 ...

With the recent rounds of rain and storms that we’ve seen in South Central Texas, area rainfall totals have been very important as we try to combat the drought! In order to get the most accurate ...

It certainly is, and it's one of the most useful and easy-to-make weather instruments. That's because the rain gauges that meteorologists use are basically fairly simple devices. An "official" rain ...