April 9, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 37ºF, the sky was partly cloudy and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the mid 60's, and partly cloudy skies in the morning with increasing cloudiness during the day. There is a 70% chance of thunderstorms and showers overnight with the best chance in the early AM on Friday.

The low today was 36º F and the high was 72º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day with more cloudiness in the late afternoon. About 4:15 AM on 4/10 a line of thunderstorms passed through with high winds and heavy rain.

Last year on the 9th the low was 59º F, the high was 72º F, and no 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 mid 30's and a high in the upper 40's with clear skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Richmond, Virginia is 43.91" 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.

4/8/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.30" at Manchester. There were 290 reports from Tennessee. The most snow reported in Tennessee was at Erwin with 1.8" of new snow and 3.2" of snow on the ground.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin, Hendersonville, and Westmoreland.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 373 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5376 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.25" at Granby, Vermont.

The most new snow reported was 7.4" at Lacona, New York.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 68.0" at Soda Springs, California.