August 18, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 72ºF, the sky was cloudy and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's, a high in the low 80's, mostly cloudy skies, and south winds 5-10 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last year on the 18th the low was 56ºF, the high was 86ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Portland, Maine - The normal maximum temperature in January is 31º F and the normal minimum is 13º F. In July the normal maximum in is 79º F and the normal minimum is 59º F. There is an average of 45.83" 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.

8/17/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.37" at Halls-Northern Knox. There were 282 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.80" at West Columbia. There were 419 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6574 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 10.50" at New Carlisle, Indiana. There were 5 reports of more than 4" of rain from Indiana, 1 from Florida, 5 from Missouri, and 1 from Illinois.

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