Just installed a Ambient WS-2080. A few evenings ago we had a hard rain storm, for about an hour. I measured 0.81"; while my neighbor, who has a Davis about 70' away, measured 1.21". I also have just a plastic tube that indicated ~1.20". Both my gauges are located within 10' of each other. Looking at the Davis compared to my Ambient WS-2080; I can see the the Ambient rain gauge is smaller/shallower than than the Davis. So, maybe in downpours the Ambient cannot keep up or the water bounces out. Is there another rain gauge that will work with my system? Ed, tech at Ambient, said that this is a known problem, but no upgrade available. He mentioned that others have made mods, plastic sheets??
Anyone have a solution. Maybe I should have bought a the more expensive Davis Vue??