August 3, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 61ºF, the sky was clear and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 80s, partly cloudy skies, and west winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 60º F and the high was 84º F. The ski was mostly clear with some periods of partly cloudy.

Last year on the 3rd the low was 67ºF, the high was 85ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with a 30% chance of rain.

The forecast for Oshkosh (from AccuWeather's 15 day forecast at Accuweather.com) for:
August 10 - Hi 85º F, Lo 61º F, Partly Cloudy and passing afternoon shower
August 11 - Hi 90º F, Lo 65º F, Strong thunderstorms
August 12 - Hi 83º F, Lo 60º F, Strong thunderstorms
August 13 - Hi 77º F, Lo 62º F, Partly cloudy
August 14 - Hi 91º F, Lo 63º F, Partly cloudy
August 15 - Hi 90º F, Lo 50º F, Strong thunderstorms
August 16 - Hi 70º F, Lo 53º F, Partly Cloudy

Weather Fact
Chicago, Illinois - The normal maximum temperature in January is 30º F and the normal minimum is 14º F. In July the normal maximum in is 84º F and the normal minimum is 63º F. There is an average of 36.27" 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.

8/2/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.67" at Sparta. There were 333 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.07" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.04" at Hallsville. There were 433 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.63" at Bedford.
So far 5609 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 3.67" at Foscoe, North Carolina. There were no reports of more than 4".

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