MONTHLY WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
WESTMONT 1.1 W PA
MARCH 2006
OBSERVER NATE MULLINS

Special Observations:  F=fog, T=thunder, H=hail,
S=sleet, G=glaze, DW=damaging winds
Observation time for this station is midnight.

	Temperature, °F		Precipitation, In.		
				Liquid	Solid	7am
	24-hour		At	Rain	Snow/	Snow
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Equiv	Ice	Depth	Special Obs.

1	36	20	31			 3
2	42	23	23	 .36	 1.0	 2	F,S,G,T
3	23	15	18	 .03	 0.8	 2
4	28	18	21	 .01	 0.5	 2
5	36	20	29			 1
6	38	27	31			 1
7	39	19	29			 T
8	43	23	35	 .06
9	60	35	49	 .01
10	61	45	45
11	60	39	48	 .07
12	57	47	49	 .76			F,T
13	72	49	56	 .28			F,T
14	56	27	27	 .08	 0.5		DW
15	33	23	29	 .03	 0.7	 1	DW
16	42	26	32			 T
17	42	27	21
18	35	16	21
19	36	21	29
20	36	21	21
21	30	16	25	   T	   T
22	29	20	25	 .02	 1.0	 1
23	35	25	29	   T	   T	 T
24	38	26	32	   T	   T
25	37	28	28	 .01	 0.1	 T	S
26	43	27	29	 .03	 0.2	 T	S
27	43	25	38
28	53	33	41	   T
29	56	39	41
30	65	33	50
31	73	47	52	 .10

AVG/SUM	44.4	27.7	33.4	1.85	 4.8	0.4 	  	 	
EXT	73	15	-	0.76	 1.0	3
Date	31	3	-	12	  22*	1
*=Also occurred on earlier dates

Miscellaneous Stats:

Mean Monthly Temperature:  36.1 F
Year precipitation to date:  8.86"
Season snowfall to date:  80.3"
Number of days with:
	Fog:  3 
	Ice Pellets:  3   	
	Glaze:  1 	
	Thunder:  3 	
	Hail:  0 	
	Damaging Winds:  2	

DETAILED OBSERVATION NOTES:

1: Skies cleared overnight.  Fair skies all day becoming cloudy again during the evening.
2: Some periods of freezing rain and sleet between 3-6am.  Dense fog developed by mid-morning.
   A couple of late morning rain showers with an imbedded rumble of thunder, milder then
   became windy and colder with a period of sleet and snow this evening 6-10pm.  1 inch of
   snow and a total of .36" of melted rain/ice/snow fell.
3: More snow showers overnight dropped another 3/4" by 7am.  Occasional snow flurries through
   the day, windy, cold, mostly cloudy skies.
4: Light snow showers overnight another 0.5" fell.  Mostly cloudy, breezy and not quite as
   cold with occasional flurries.
5: Mostly cloudy overnight becoming mostly sunny during the day, light-mod breezes from NW.
6: Mostly cloudy, seasonal temps, light wind.
7: Mostly sunny, seasonal temps.
8: Overcast all day with some showers late this evening 10pm to midnight .06" fell.
9: Showers ended just after midnight another .01".  Cloudy and mild with some weak hazy sun
   by late afternoon.
10: Mostly cloudy, mild and windy.  SW to W winds gusted to 40 mph this morning.
11: Fair during the morning becoming cloudy during the afternoon.  Mild again.  Light rain
    5-7pm .07" fell.
12: Rain showers began around 5am and became steady by 7:30am with some imbedded thunder.
    Patchy dense fog.  Rain ended by early afternoon, .76" fell.  Partial clearing and mild
    during the late afternoon and evening.
13: Dense fog during pre-dawn hours.  Showers between 1:30-3am another .14" fell.  Became
    windy and unseasonably warm with variable clouds and SW winds gusting 30 to 40 mph.  A
    brief squall line with thunder around 5pm, more thunder in the area around 9pm but most
    of the storms were to the north.  A total of .28" rain fell.
14: A brief shower around 12:30am .05" fell.  Very windy overnight and all day with west
    winds gusting to near 50 mph.  Snow flurries and a few ice pellets this afternoon.  Heavy
    snow squall and strong winds reduced visibilities to 1/10 mile around 11:30pm.
15: Continued very windy overnight with occasional snow showers.  A total of 1" by 7am.  A
    few more snow showers through midday then partial clearing and diminishing winds.
16: Fair skies, moderating temperatures and lighter winds.
17: Cloudy overnight, then becoming fair and breezy.
18: Fair to partly cloudy skies overnight and through the day.  Breezy and blustery.
19: Variable clouds, windy and blustery.  Overcast during the evening.
20: Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy during the evening.
SNOW???
21: Partly cloudy and cold overnight, becoming cloudy during the day.  Radar showed light to
    moderate snow over us ALL DAY but hardly a flurry fell!
22: Light snow showers overnight.  About 2/3" of fluffy light snow fell.  Cold, breezy,
    flurries during the day.  More light accumulations this evening, day total about 1.0".
23: Occasional flurries overnight and during the morning.  Cloudy becoming clear after sunset.
24: Mostly cloudy with occasional PM flurries.
25: Flurries overnight, light dusting.  Partly cloudy AM, cloudy and hazy PM.  Light snow
    showers mixed with sleet during the late evening hours.
26: More light snow showers mixed with sleet gradually tapered off, 0.3" snow/ice and .04"
    precip total.  Remained mostly cloudy.
27: Became clear overnight.  Sunny and pleasant with light W to NW winds.
28: Cloudy, milder.  Yet another big weather system approaching from the midwest fell apart
    as it moved into the area.  Only some occasional drizzle late this afternoon.
29: Hazy this morning, continued mostly cloudy but mild.
30: Clearing and cooler overnight, then a spectacular sunny, mild day.
31: Milder overnight.  Warm high 73 F today.  Sunny this morning then increasing clouds in
    the afternoon.  Some showers and gusty winds from 6-9pm .10" fell.

SUMMARY:

Despite persistent cloud cover much of the month, March was quite dry with a lack of snowfall.
Temperatures were near normal.  Much of the month was chilly but was the coolness was offset
by major warm-ups during the second week and again at the end of March.  In general, it was
a quiet month with no major storms or outstanding weather events.