ROMAN
Precipitation Monitor
ROMAN has been designed for use by fire weather professionals
and others requiring access to current fire weather conditions around the nation.
Comments and suggestions for improvement are encouraged and can
be sent to meteo-mesowest@lists.utah.edu.
The ROMAN
Precipitation Monitor provides access to precipitation totals in fixed time
intervals for all available weather stations within the selected region. The
page reloads every 10 minutes when displaying current data. The time intervals
are previous to the most current observation. The totals are calculated
by looking at the most recent observation and observations during the past 24
hours. Past data can also be accessed. Longer records of each station within
the selected region are also available by clicking on the station, then clicking
on 'Past Data' in the left hand menu or by selecting the Precipitation
Summary option.
Settings
The user can change the settings as follows:
- the region of interest: GCA, County Warning Area, Fire Weather Zone, or
State
- the networks from which the weather information is received: RAWS, NWS/FAA
and RAWS, or all networks
- the valid time: select "current" for the day to display current
data; select a day, month, year, and time of day to display past data
Tabular Format
Subregions within the geographic region of interest are defined as follows:
- Geographic Coordinating Area: Predictive Service Areas (PSAs)
- National Weather Service County Warning Area: forecast zones
- National Weather Service Fire Weather Zone: fire weather forecast zones
- State: counties
The first column contains the station's name and identifier. Long names are truncated.
The second column contains the station's network and elevation. The third column
contains the time of the most recent observation in both local time and UTC. The
next 5 columns are totals (in inches) of precipitation during the past 1 hr, 3
hrs, 6 hrs, 12 hrs, and 24 hrs previous to the most recent observation. Note
that the most recent observation may not be close to the current time, particularly
for NWS/FAA stations. The last two columns are the precipitation totals reported
since midnight (local time) and since13:00 local time.
Stations are ordered within subregions alphabetically by name. Click on 'Sort
by elevation' to list stations within subregions from highest to lowest elevation.
The maximum, minimum, and average values for each subregion are summarized for
that subregion.
Work in Progress
- Precipitation totals may be incorrect occasionally for NWS stations due
to irregular reporting intervals
- Snotel stations often report precipitation very irregularly. Use caution
with this data.
- Quality control of precipitation data is limited to gross checks
Other Help Pages
Current Status
Main Help
Surface Data Plots
Station Location Maps
Station Weather Display
Current Weather Summary
Fire Weather 24-Hour Trend Monitor
24-Hour Trend Monitor (point of interest)
Fire Weather Monitor
Max/Min Summaries
Precipitation Monitor
Precipitation Summary
Weather Near Fires
GCA Active Fires Maps
Quick Links
Quality Control
Printing Help
