Beginning in October, Floridians can let us know how much rain, hail, or snow you measured in your backyard by joining the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network - CoCoRaHS . This new program will help meteorologists, researchers, the media, and others see and study the variability of precipitation across Florida. The accumulated precipitation data will be available to anyone using the web.

Local Volunteer Coordinators are needed now to help grow this network across Florida. The main duties of the volunteer coordinators will be to help answer new observer questions, contact new observers to help start reporting, and help with training - although training slides and information are available at the CoCoRaHS web site. Other Volunteer Coordinator duties along with answers to most questions can be found searching through the tabs on the CoCoRaHS main web page.

Please visit the CoCoRaHS web site at: http://www.cocorahs.org to learn more about the program. Then, contact our office if you would like to signup to be a Volunteer Coordinator for your county in Florida. If you would like to be a coordinator or assist a coordinator, you can contact us by sending an email.

We are excited about getting started and I'm sure many more will be after the word spreads.