April 21, 009

Happy Birthday Anthony !!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.34" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 46ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the upper 50's, variable clouds, and a 20% chance of rain.

The low today was 44º F and the high was 58º F. It was mostly clear all day until late afternoon when it became partly cloudy.

Last year on the 21st the low was 43º F, the high was 75º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 40's with a 80% chance of light snow with some rain mixed in occasionally.

Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Anchorage, Alaska is 113 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.

4/20/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.61" at Camden. There were 340 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.33" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.76" at Palestine. There were 397 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5745 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.12" at Pelham, Alabama.

The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Crandon, Wisconsin.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 54.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.