August 25,2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.26" of rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 71ºF, the sky was cloudy, and winds were 1-3 mph. A shower woke me up around 3:30 AM, there was no thunder and lightening, just a fairly good rain for about 20 minutes. This was the first rain we've received in August, and we wouldn't mind getting some more.

The forecast for today is for highs in the low 80's and mostly cloudy and cloudy skies and a 60% chance of showers.

The low today was 70ºF and the high was 74ºF. Some fairly hard rain in the morning left some ruts in my gravel driveway. It was cloudy all day.

Weather Fact
Hurricane season in the eastern Pacific is May 15 - November 30. (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.

8/24/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 1.00" at Pulaski.

The most rain in Texas was 3.84" at Las Tiendas Ranch.

The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.34" at Grapevine.

So far 4373 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 12.05" at Monticello, Florida.