January 28, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 42º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was +0.06 since yesterday's reading. (30.02 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 20's, a high in the low 40's, mostly cloudy skies, and north winds 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of snow after midnight.

The low today was 28º F and the high was 44º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day with some periods of mostly cloudy and cloudy skies.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the upper 20's with cloudy skies and a near 100% chance of snow with accumulations of 3"-4".

Sabbath
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low around 5º F and a high in the upper 20's with cloudy skies and a 30% chance of snow.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 26º F, the high was 35º F, and 4.03" of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for New Mexico was -50º F on February 1, 1951 at Gavilan.
(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.

1/27/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.06" at Erwin. There were 272 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.05" at El Cenizo. There were 465 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6186 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation was 1.52" at Berlin, New Hampshire.

The most new snow reported was 9.4" at Tabernash, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Kingvale, California.