December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas Eve! !

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.47" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 51ºF, it was lightly raining, and winds were estimated to be 8-13 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for the low in the upper 20's and the high in the upper 50's with a 100% chance of rain, mainly in the morning. Winds are expected to be 20-30 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 60ºF. There was a little rain through the morning then a good downpour around 1 PM. After that it cleared up to partly cloudy and the temperature dropped gradually to the 40's by 6 PM and into the 30's by 10 PM.

Last year on the 24th the low was 30ºF, the high was 44ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around -4ºF and a high in the upper 20's and a 100% chance of snow.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in North Carolina was -34 on January 21, 1985 at Mount Mitchell. (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.

12/23/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.64" at Memphis (this was a 11:59PM report). There were 294 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.68" at Flour Bluff. There were 424 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Fort Worth.
So far, 4934 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.56" at Salem, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 22.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 50.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.