June 10, 2009

Happy Birthday Liz!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.14" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 68ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's, a high in the upper 80's, mostly cloudy skies, and southwest winds 10-15 mph and a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 67º F and the high was 84º F. There were lots of clouds and a little rain sometime during the day, around 0.01" was in the gauge at 10 PM when I arrived home.

Last year on the 10th the low was 66º F, the high was 82º 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 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain.

Weather Fact
The number of days in 2007 with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Nashville, Tennessee was 96 days. (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.

6/9/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.30" at Cleveland. There were 302 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.20" at Hamlin. There were 411 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6277 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.76" at Hawley, Pennsylvania.

The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Lewistown, Montana
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Soda Springs, California.