August 16, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 65ºF, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 80's and mostly cloudy skies in the morning going to partly cloudy in the afternoon.

The low for today was 60ºF and the High was 81ºF. It was mostly cloudy in the morning and was partly cloudy by late afternoon.

Weather Fact
The highest measured average annual precipitation extreme for Europe is 183" per year over a period of 22 years in Crkvica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (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.

8/15/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Greeneville.
The most rain in Texas was 2.53 " at Grandview.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 2.46" at Watauga. (18 stations in Tarrant County reported rain, the least amount was 0.73" at Azle.)
So far 5350 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 2.53" at Grandview, Texas.