August 26, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 3.71" of rain in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70ºF, there was light rain fallling, and winds were 1-3 mph. I wasn't home yesterday morning but we had hard rains from sometime after I left home at 5:45 or so and 12 noon. My son reported sometime before noon that the rain gauge had what looked like a couple of inches in the outer cylinder. (The inner cylinder holds 1").

The forecast for today is for highs around 80, and cloudy skies and a near 100% chance of showers.

The low for today was 69ºF and the high was 78ºF. There was light rain with clouds early, then cloudy with periods of mostly cloudy skies for the rest of the day.

Weather Fact
A severe thunderstorm is a thunderstorm that produces a tornado, winds greater than 58 mph, and/or hail at least 3/4 inch in diameter. (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.

8/25/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 2.86" at Cedar Hill.

The most rain in Texas was 3.13" at Corpus Christi.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far 5242 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 7.05" at Theodore, Alabama.