November 17, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning but there were a few very light snow showers yesterday morning so I am reporting a trace (less than 0.01") of precipitation for today. The 5:30 AM temperature was 38ºF, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a high in the mid 40's, a low in the upper 20's, with partly cloudy sky's.

Last year on the 17th the low was 26ºF, the high was 49ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast low today is for a low in the mid teen's and the expected high is for the low 30's. The sky is expected to be cloudy and there is a 30% chance of snow showers in the afternoon.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Indiana was 116ºF on July 14, 1936 at Collegeville. (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.

11/16/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.73" at Brentwood. There were 325 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Corpus Christi. There were 278 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4814 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.31" at Bellevue, Maryland.

The most new snow reported was 5.4" at Sleetmute, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 37.0" at somewhere in Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska.