February 27, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.64" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 52º F, it was raining and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. A line of thunderstorms went through between 4:30 AM and 5 AM and the rain at 5:30 was the remainder of that. There was still some lightning in the area. The majority of the rain came from this line of thunderstorms and the heavy rain lasted 10 to 15 minutes.

The forecast for today is for the low in the mid 30s and the high in the low 60s with mostly cloudy skies during the day and a 50% chance of rain this afternoon and a 60% chance of rain tonight.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 64º F. It was cloudy all day.

Last year on the 27th the low was 16º F, the high was 33º F, and 0.11" precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station. 1.6" of snow was also recorded.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 2ºF and a high in the upper teens with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Caribou, Maine is 37.44" per year. (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.

2/26/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.35" at Cross Plains. There were 319 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.25" at Gallatin.
There was 0.02" of precipitation reported in Texas at Utopia. There were 363 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5406 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.73" at Rhododendron, Oregon.

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Sequim, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 70.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.