I suppose you could check your hourly rate that way (assuming youre not wiping a board each time), but at least for the NWS climo site obs it's every 6 hours at 12/18/00/05z, or when it stops.
Same exact story down here. Half the town is without power due to multiple accidents/poles taken out. Schools had a scheduled early release today, and they still sent the busses out at 7-8 even though plows hadn't been out.
Annual reminder: nobody knows where the fook "here" is for 90% of the posters that reference it as their location.
6.4" total, 0.49" liquid for Portland, ME.
Checked the radar after the midnight obs and thought it'd be over around 2. Had 4.2" then and eyeballing 5.5" now. Looks like a few more hours to go. Time for a nap.