December 12, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.32" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 29ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. There is about 0.2" of snow on the ground and the car that was clear when the snow stopped has a heavy frost on it.

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

The low today was 24ºF and the high was 39ºF. There were periods of mostly cloudy, partly cloudy, and even periods of clear sky's today.

Last year on the 12th the low was 56ºF, the high was 75ºF, and 0.17" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

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

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Nebraska was -47ºF on December 22, 1989 at Oshkosh. (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.

12/11/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.57" at Mount Juliet. (This report seems like a bogus report which probably should have been a multi day report. However, all of the other top reports all seemed like they were multi day reports also. I really wish people would read the directions and enter these reports correctly.) There were 366 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.40" at Onalaska. There were 345 reports from Texas. Beaumont reported 4.1" of new snow.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5377 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.61" at Donalsonville, Georgia.

The most new snow reported was 4.5" at Brownfields, Louisiana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 24.0" at Wellston, Minnesota.