January 25, 2009

Happy Birthday Mom!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 17ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were calm. There was frost.

The forecast for today is for the low in the mid 20s and the high in the upper 30s with mostly cloudy skies.

The low today was 17º F and the high was 35º F. It was clear or mostly clear early, then became mostly cloudy and cloudy after mid morning.

Last year on the 25th the low was 6ºF, the high was 31ºF, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around -6ºF and a high around 7ºF with clear skies.

Weather Fact
The lowest temperature recorded in Washington was -48ºF on December 30, 1968 at Mazama and Winthrop. (2009 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.

1/24/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.08" at Ardmore and Harrison. There were 244 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.04" at Marshall. There were 273 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 4449 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported that looked legitimate was 2.75" at Murphys, California.

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 51.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.