Christmas December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas ! ! !

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.38" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 30ºF, the sky was partly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. There was frost.

The forecast for today is for the low in the lower 40's and the high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy sky's during the day becoming more cloudy in the afternoon and evening with a 60% chance of rain late.

The low today was 29ºF and the high was 46ºF. It was mostly clear or partly cloudy all day. It began raining around 5 AM on the 26th.

Last year on the 25th the low was 25ºF, the high was 45ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid teens and a high in the mid teens with partly cloudy sky's.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in North Carolina was 110 on August 21, 1983 at Fayetteville. (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.

12/24/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.61" at Dyersburg. There were 319 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.43" at Orange. (A 1.00" report from Washington appeared to be bogus.) There were 345 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Arlington.
So far, 4764 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.61" at Dyersburg, Tennessee.

The most new snow reported was 9.5" at Mad River, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 47.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.