A citizen-driven weather observation program is coming to Maine and residents are invited to become amateur observers for the group by measuring and reporting rainfall, hail and snow data in their backyards. Potential volunteers can learn more at two recruitment events. These observations are used by NOAA’s National Weather Service to help improve and verify the accuracy and timeliness of warnings and forecasts.
The recruitment event for southern and western Maine will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 31, in the Old Town Hall Meeting Room at the Hilton Garden Inn Freeport Downtown, 5 Park St., Freeport.
David Glenn, meteorologist intern at the National Weather Service in Gray, and Thomas Hawley, senior service hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Gray, will be there to answer questions.
The recruitment event for northern and eastern Maine will run 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the National Weather Service Forecast Office, 810 Main St., Caribou. Peter Rahe, observing program leader of the National Weather Service in Caribou, will be there to answer questions.
Maine is joining 46 other states that participate in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. This nonprofit community-based network of volunteers works together to advance the understanding of local weather and its impact. The network is supported by NOAA and other local, state, federal, academic and private organizations.
For information, contact Glenn at 688-3224 or Rahe at 492-0180, ext. 225