August 29, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
The rain gauge was empty after 4 days of at least a hundredth to report. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the upper 80's and partly cloudy skies along with a 30% chance of rain.

The low for today was 68ºF and the high was 87ºF. We received a very brief shower a little after 4 PM that didn't make any drops into the rain gauge. Most of the day was partly cloudy and there were some thunderstorms nearby in the afternoon.

Weather Fact
A watch (such as a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch) indicates conditions are right for the occurrence of the weather event. A warning means the event has been observed for the area or is imminent. (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.

8/28/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most rain reported in Tennessee was 1.78" at Greenville.
The most rain in Texas was 1.4o" at Camp Wood.
The most rain recorded in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.14" at Arlington.
So far 5435 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 7.27" at Burnsville, North Carolina. The rain from what is left of Faye kept moving on, as you can see from CoCoRaHS as the larger amounts of rain moved into Virginia on the 27th(generally reported on the 28th).