July 12, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 6:00 AM temperature was 74ºF, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 80's, mostly cloudy skies, and light and variable winds. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 69º F and the high was 88º F. It was mostly cloudy much of the day with some periods of partly cloudy. Thunderstorms developed in the area after 5 PM and a line of storms came through around 8 PM with heavy rain and 30 - 40 mph winds.

Last year on the 12th the low was 71º F, the high was 90º 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 50's and a high in the upper 70's with partly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of showers.

Weather Fact
The number of days in 2007 with 0.01" of precipitation or more in Washington D.C. was 101 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.

7/11/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.99" at Brentwood. There were 248 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.45" at Brownsville. There were 348 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5054 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 5.27" at Bush, Illinois. There were 2 other reports of more than 4" of precipitation, 1 from Georgia and 1 from North Carolina.

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.