August 1, 2009

Happy Birthday Eldon!!!!!!


Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 66ºF, the sky was mostly clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's, a high in the upper 80s, partly cloudy skies, and southwest winds 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of rain this afternoon and a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 83º F. It was mostly clear for most of the morning, then became mostly cloudy most of the afternoon. There was a very light shower before dark then more rain fell overnight.

Last year on the 1st the low was 68ºF, the high was 87ºF, and 0.34" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 70's with a 60% chance of showers or thundershowers.

The forecast for Oshkosh (from AccuWeather's 15 day forecast at Accuweather.com) for:
August 10 - Hi 80º F, Lo 61º F, Partly Cloudy
August 11 - Hi 81º F, Lo 58º F, Partly Cloudy, a little rain in the PM
August 12 - Hi 72º F, Lo 53º F, Rainy
August 13 - Hi 73º F, Lo 55º F, Mostly Cloudy
August 14 - Hi 77º F, Lo 55º F, Mostly Sunny
August 15 - Hi 76º F, Lo 59º F, Sunny
August 16 - Hi , Lo ,

Weather Fact
Honolulu, Hawaii - The normal maximum temperature in January is 80º F and the normal minimum is 66º F. In July the normal maximum in is 88º F and the normal minimum is 74º F. There is an average of 18.29" 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.

7/31/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.14" at Oakland. There were 380 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.47" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.62" at Lumberton. There were 561 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.12" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6577 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 4.26" at New Pekin, Indiana. There were 3 reports of more than 4" of precipitation from Indiana and 1 from Arkansas.

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

TN-SR-32 Weather History
July 2009 had 5.24" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3º F and the average high was 81.3º F.
July 2008 had 8.57" of rain, the average low temperature was 66.5º F and the average high was 85.9º F.
July 2007 had 8.31" of rain, the average low temperature was 65.3º F and the average high was 84.4º F

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and measured rain to the nearest tenth.)
July 2006 had 4.7" of rain, the average low was 67.2ºF and the average high was 87.6ºF.
July 2005 had 3.9" of rain, the average low was 68.7ºF and the average high was 86.1ºF


Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of July -
2009 - 38.74"
2008 - 38.79"
2007 - 27.69"
2006 - 26.3"
2005 - 27.5"