November 29, 2008

Happy Sabbath!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 40ºF, it was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph.

The forecast for today is for a high around 50, a low around 40, cloudy sky's and a 50% chance of rain.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 49ºF. It was drizzly early, and cloudy or mostly cloudy all day.

Last year on the 29th the low was 30ºF, the high was 60ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 20's, the high in the low 40's, and mostly cloudy sky's.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Maryland was 109ºF on July 10, 1936 at Cumberland Frederick. (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.

11/28/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
A trace (less than 0.01") of precipitation was reported in Tennessee at Bell Buckle and Crossville. There were 239 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.22" at Henderson. There were 339 reports from Texas. (There was an apparently bogus report of 8.00" from Harper, other reports from Gillespie county were 0.02" and a trace.)
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.46" at Watauga.
So far, 4317 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.91" at Taylorsville, Mississippi. (There were two reports higher, the report from Texas noted above and a report of 7.41" from Mesquite, Nevada. Both of these appear bogus since there were no supporting radar or other CoCoRaHS reports.)

The most new snow reported was 9.2" at Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 25.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.