April 8, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 38ºF, the sky was partly cloudy and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph with stronger gusts.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the mid 60's, and partly cloudy skies.

The low today was 37º F and the high was 66º F. It was partly cloudy or mostly clear all day.

Last year on the 8th the low was 56ºF, the high was 77ºF, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Forecast for Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The forecast today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies.

Weather Forecast for Berrien Springs, Michigan
The forecast today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's and partly cloudy skies.

Weather Fact
The average annual amount of precipitation in Norfolk, Virginia is 45.74" per year. (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.

4/7/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.72" at Centerville. There were 334 reports from Tennessee. The most snow reported was at Erwin with 3.2" of new snow and 3.2" of snow on the ground.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.27" at Westmoreland. A different Westmoreland station about 5 miles from my location reported 2" of snow.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 389 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5568 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.49" at Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island.

The most new snow reported was 6.6" at Mars Hill, North Carolina.
The greatest amount of snow on the ground was 68.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.