April 30, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 64ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's, a high in the mid 70's, with a 60% chance of showers or thundershowers.

The low today was 63º F and the high was 76º F. It was cloudy or mostly cloudy all day with a brief shower in the late afternoon or early evening. Sometime after midnight on May 1st a line of thunderstorms moved through.

Last year on the 30th the low was 35º F, the high was 76º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with a 70% chance of showers or thindershowers.

Weather Fact
The average annual number of days with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Birmingham, Alabama is 89 days 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.

4/29/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.50" at Fairview. There were 315 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.15" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 7.10" at Mexia. There were 542 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.40" at Saginaw.
So far 6254 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 7.10" at Mexia, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Great Falls, Montana.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 37.0" at Kingvale, California.