January 10, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was about 0.1" of snow that fell before 5:30 AM and there was 1.5" of snow on the ground. The 5:30 AM temperature was 10º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.04 since yesterday's reading. (30.11 in Hg on non calibrated barometer). There were snow flurries at 5:30 AM.

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid teens, a high in the low 20's, partly cloudy skies, and light west winds.

The low today was 8º F and the high was 26º F. It was cloudy with snow flurries until around 11 AM, then it cleared to partly cloudy or mostly clear for the rest of the day.

Tomorrow
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the mid 30's with partly cloudy skies through mid afternoon, then becoming cloudy with a 20% chance of snow.

Day After Tomorrow
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid teens and a high in the low 30's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 33º F, the high was 59º F, and 0.01" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record high for Michigan was 112º F on July 13, 1936 at Mio.
(2010 The World Almanac and Book of Facts. When the record low or high has been recorded multiple times for a state, the latest is reported here.)

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.

1/9/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a you figure it out, none of the top reports made any sense as a lot of people must be reporting snow as precipitation. There were 261 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.03" at Portland. Westmoreland reported 2.0" of snow.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Corpus Christi. There were 365 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5420 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.92" at Potlatch, Washington.

The most new snow reported was 10.1" at Walworth, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 40.0" at Kingvale, California.