April 20, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.23" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was 0.98" in the gauge yesterday at 6:30 PM when I returned home from rains that fell Saturday and Sunday. The low for 4/19 was 56º F and high was 64º F and there was rain during the day. The 5:30 AM temperature was 54ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the low 60's, and a 50% chance of rain, with the best chance in the morning.

The low today was 50º F and the high was 64º F. There were showers around, mainly in the late afternoon and evening.

Last year on the 20th the low was 41º F, the high was 68º F, and 0.51" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station(for the period of 4/18 thru 4/20).

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's with a 70% chance of rain.

Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Albuquerque, New Mexico is 59 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.

4/19/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.42" at Bartlett. There were 323 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.70" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 10.63" at League City. There were 423 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.12" at Watauga.
So far 5374 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 10.73" at League City, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 15.6" at Foxfield, Colorado.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 56.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.