August 19, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 62ºF, the sky was clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the lower 90's and partly cloudy skies.

The low for today was 61ºF and the high was 89ºF. It was partly cloudy or mostly cloudy most of the day.

Weather Fact
Tornados have an average forward speed of 30 mph. (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.

8/18/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
No rain was reported in Tennessee.

The most rain in Texas was 5.70" at El Cenizo.

The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.17" at Watagua.

So far 5296 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 5.70" at El Cenizo, Texas.