August 10, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 60ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 80's and partly cloudy skies.

The low for today was 59ºF and the high was 83ºF. There was plenty of sunshine all day.

Weather Fact
There are an estimated 25 million cloud-to-ground lightning bolts in the U.S. each year, killing and average of 62 people annually. (2008 The World Almanac and Book of Facts.)

CoCoRaHS
CoCoRaHS is a volunteer system where average people who like weather can record the precipitation at their location and help various climate researchers better understand precipitation patterns. For more information, go to the CoCoRaHS web site.

8/9/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
No station in Tennessee reported rain.
The most rain in Texas was 1.44" at Henderson.
No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far4512 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 4.70" at Russell, Kansas.