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About mPING

mPING UPDATED September 2, 2020! Download the update now!
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The Meteorological Phenomena Identification Near the Ground project (mPING) needs you, the Citizen Scientist, to watch and report on precipitation.

mPING is looking for volunteers of all ages and backgrounds to make observations - teachers, classes, families, everyone, and anyone! This app is your portal for providing observations to researchers at NSSL. Your reports will help them develop and refine algorithms that use the newly upgraded dual-polarization NEXRAD radars to detect and report on the type of precipitation that you see falling. To do a good job, we need tens of thousands of observations from all over the US. We can succeed only with your help.

mPING volunteer observers can spend as much time as they want, from a little to a lot, making observations. The basic idea is simple: NSSL will collect radar data from NEXRAD radars in your area along with sounding data from our models during storm events, and use your data to develop and validate new and better algorithms. We have two focus areas: winter precipitation types, such as rain, freezing rain, drizzle, freezing drizzle, snow, graupel, ice pellets, mixed rain and snow, mixed ice pellets and snow and even observations of “none” when the precipitation has stopped, even if only briefly.

Why? Because the radars cannot see close to the ground at far distances and because automated surface sensors are only at airports. But the people affected by winter weather are everywhere so we need you to tell us what is happening where you are.

But we need more than winter weather details: when there are thunderstorms, we need to know if hail falls and, if it does, how big it is. Measuring with a ruler is best but, whatever you do, stay safe.

All you need to do is use this app to select the precipitation type. Tell us what is hitting the ground. NSSL scientists will compare your report with what the radar has detected and what our models think the atmosphere is doing, and use it to develop new technologies and techniques to determine what kind of precipitation such as snow, ice, rain or hail and its size is falling where.

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Love the app but lately I've been getting an error message 401.. ??? ***Update*** App is working Great now, Thanks !!!!
Anna Borden
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Great to see the app back
Paul Clawson
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Great and useful application.
Lionel Rivera
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This is a great app, and especially fun for citizen scientists, young and old. Being able to "tell" someone what's really happening with the weather, after seeing the weather app give inaccurate or out of da...
Sarah Koenig
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Glad it is back on the air. Like to think that is helpful to report actual weather. Often have much windier weather then National Weather Service seems to know about. This year the rain has skipped us by.
I Jean Wylie
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Great app to allow the public to share what weather is occurring where they are in real time. When using certain weather radar apps the reports show up giving you a great perspective of weather happening or ...
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