August 5, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no rain in the gauge this morning, the 5:30 AM temperature was 71ºF, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for highs in the mid 90's and mostly clear skies.

The low for today was 70ºF and the high was 90ºF. It was mostly clear most of the day, though there were some periods were the sun was hidden for a few minutes in the afternoon.

Weather Fact
The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station(U.S.) averaged less than 0.8" of precipitation per year over a 10 year period. (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.

8/4/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -

The most rain recorded in Tennessee was a trace (less than 0.01") at Sneedville.

The most rain in Texas was 1.10" at Bridge City.

No rain was recorded in Tarrant County, Texas.

So far 4877 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of rain was 2.72" at Tampa, Florida.