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What are common sources of errors in measuring precipitation?
The most common sources of errors in official precipitation measurement come from equipment malfunction. If the tipping bucket rain gauge breaks down, then rainfall will not be measured accurately.
For weather enthusiasts who measure their own rain, common sources of error are a bad location of the rain gauge. If the gauge is situated close to buildings or under some other kind of shelter, then it will under-report rain.
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Decent rain en route to bone-dry southwest WA
14:29 AEST Welcome rain is coming to the parched southwest WA this week, possibly including Perth and Bunbury which are both having their driest 7 months on record. Many locations in the southwest will see the driest April on record, with much of this rainfall likely to contribute to May’s totals, as a cold front approaches the state on later in the week. Rainfall and thunderstorms are forecast in the Gascoyne region on Monday afternoon, before shifting to the Central West, Lower West and Central Wheatbelt regions on Tuesday.
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