April 10, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.66 of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 53ºF, the sky was cloudy with rain and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the upper 60's, and cloudy skies with a 80% chance of thunderstorms or showers with the best chance in the late morning and afternoon.

The low today was 49º F and the high was 64º F. A strong thunderstorm came through about 1:15 PM with high winds and heavy rain and some lightning. No significant damage was observed at our location.

Last year on the 10th the low was 57º F, the high was 80º F, and 0.01" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Forecast for Berrien Springs, Michigan
The forecast today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Seattle-Tacoma, Washington is 37.07" 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.

4/9/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Kyles Ford. There were 294 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at 11 locations. There were 389 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at 5 locations.
So far 5587 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.21" at Twin Falls, Idaho.

The most new snow reported was 5.4" at Rapid City, South Dakota.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 68.0" at Soda Springs, California.