April 6, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.42" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 41ºF, the sky was cloudy with a very light mist and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the low 40's, and cloudy skies with a 50% chance of precipitation, scattered rain showers in the morning and rain and perhaps some snow mixed in this afternoon and evening.

The low today was 36º F and the high was 48º F. There were showers off and on all day and some snow showers and flurries late. The temperature stayed above freezing so there was little accumulation except on exposed surfaces.

Last year on the 6th the low was 47ºF, the high was 69ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 30's with cloudy or mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of snow.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Salt Lake City, Utah is 16.50" 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.

4/5/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.10" at Murfreesboro. There were 254 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Castroville, Houston, and Jasper. There were 311 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 4877 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.98" at Montgomery, Alabama.

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Martin, South Dakota and Chugwater, Wyoming.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 74.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.