July 31, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.62" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with some stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the low 80's, with mostly cloudy skies in the early morning clearing to partly cloudy by mid morning. Wind will be from the west at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms early this morning.

The low today was 68º F and the high was 81º F. It was cloudy with a couple of light showers in the early morning, then cleared to partly cloudy the rest of the day.

Last year on the 31st the low was 72º F, the high was 81º F, and 0.36" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies.

The forecast for Oshkosh (from AccuWeather's 15 day forecast at Accuweather.com) for:
August 10 - Hi 74º F, Lo 59º F, Partly Cloudy
August 11 - Hi 74º F, Lo 64º F, Partly Cloudy, a little rain in the PM
August 12 - Hi 84º F, Lo 60º F, Partly Cloudy
August 13 - Hi 84º F, Lo 60º F, Mostly Clear with some Partly Cloudy
August 14 - Hi 77º F, Lo 52º F, Cloudy with chance of thunderstorms
August 15 - Hi , Lo ,
August 16 - Hi , Lo ,

Weather Fact
Savannah, Georgia - The normal maximum temperature in January is 60º F and the normal minimum is 38º F. In July the normal maximum in is 92º F and the normal minimum is 72º F. There is an average of 49.58" of precipitation per year.

Nashville, Tennessee - The normal maximum temperature in January is 46º F and the normal minimum is 28º F. In July the normal maximum in is 89º F and the normal minimum is 70º F. There is an average of 48.11" of precipitation per year.
(2009 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. Based on records for the period of 1971-2000.)

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.

7/30/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports at time of blog entry that looked like they might be legitimate) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.78" at Memphis. There were 364 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.17" at my station at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.55" at Bridgeport. There were 519 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.40" at Watauga.
So far 6897 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.01" at Ruby, New York. This was the only report over 4".

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