December 9, 2008

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 53ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 13-18 mph with occasional stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the upper 50's, and mostly cloudy sky's, and a near 100% chance of rain.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 60ºF. It rained most of the day and was still raining at 10PM when I went to bed.

Last year on the 9th the low was 47ºF, the high was 63ºF, and 0.15" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the around 10º, the high in the low 30's, with cloudy sky's and a 100% chance of snow.

Weather Fact
The highest temperature recorded in Missouri was 118ºF on July 14, 1954 at Warsaw and Union. (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.

12/8/2008 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace (less than 0.01") at Kyles Ford. There were 290 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Indianola. There were 332 reports from Texas.
There was no precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5066 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.12" at Meacham, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 10.5" at Point Rock , New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 50.5" at Stony River, Alaska.