March 11, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.08" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 53º F and a light rain was falling and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20s and a high in the upper 40s with scattered showers and a chance of sleet after midnight.

The low today was 37º F and the high was 68º F (in the early morning before 5:30 AM, as the temperatures were in the 40s most of the day.) It was cloudy all day with light rain in the morning, ending by 8 AM.

Last year on the 11th the low was 28º F, the high was 50º F, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low around 2º F and a high in the low 20s with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Helena, Montana is 11.32" 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.

3/10/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.04" at Jackson. There were 278 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.20" at Anson. There were 395 reports from Texas.
There was no precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far, 5618 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.64" at Kingsville, Missouri.

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Brigham City, Utah and Faith, South Dakota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 99.0" at Soda Springs, California.