December 11, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.06" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 36ºF, the sky was cloudy with a light mist falling and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with occasional stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's, a high in the low 40's, and mostly cloudy sky's, and a 70% chance of snow in the afternoon. No accumulation expected.

The low today was 30ºF and the high was 38ºF. There was rain through most of the day until late afternoon when it switched over to snow. I estimate 0.3" of snow fell that did not melt immediately. There was about 0.2" of snow on the ground when it ended around 7PM.

Last year on the 11th the low was 48ºF, the high was 62ºF, and 0.23" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 5ºF, the high in the low 20's, and mostly cloudy sky's.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Montana was 117ºF on July 5, 1937 at Medicine Lake. (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.

12/10/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 5.64" at Jackson. There were 411 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.38" at Woodville. There were 500 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace (less than 0.01") at 6 of the 8 stations reporting.
So far, 5715 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.15" at Decatur, Alabama.

The most new snow reported was 27.6" at Reed City, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 27.0" at Wellston, Minnesota.