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.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Gather your supplies! In this episode we will continue the process of making a weather station. We will use everyday materials to build a homemade rain gauge. As rain falls, it ...

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 ...

The amount of rain that fell, how long to water your plants, or how much water plants need is often spoken of in terms of inches. As a general rule, plants need about 1 inch of water per week to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 ...