November 10, 2009

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 56º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm.

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the mid 60's, mostly cloudy skies, and northeast winds 10-15 mph. There is a 30-40% chance of rain today.

The low today was 54º F and the high was 66º F. It was cloudy all day, but the rain stayed south and east of us, never getting closer than the southeast side of Trousdale county.

Last year on the 10th the low was 29º F, the high was 49º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
Paris, France - The average maximum temperature in January is 42.8º F and the average minimum is 33.6º F. In July the average maximum temperature is 75.2º F and the average minimum is 55.2º F. There is an average of 25.6" of precipitation per year.

Nashville, Tennessee (The nearest location to Westmoreland for comparison) - The normal maximum temperature in January is 46º F and the normal minimum is 28º F. In July the normal maximum temperature 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.

11/9/2009 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Dunlap. There were 273 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was2.00" at Blanco. There were 690 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6493 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 2.00" at Blanco, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 6.7" at Eagle River, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 8.4" at Anchorage, Alaska. (Paradise Ranger Station (Mount Rainier NP), Washington reported 39.0" of snow on the ground which is 13" more than the day before, but they only reported 3.9" of new snow.)