February 13, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was a trace of snow on the ground. The 5:30 AM temperature was 27º F, the sky was partly cloudy, winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.01 since yesterday's reading. (29.87 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast .
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's, a high in the upper 30's , mostly cloudy skies, and northwest winds 5-10 mph. There is a 50% chance of snow after midnight.

The low today was 25º F and the high was 34º F. It was cloudy most of the day with some periods of mostly cloudy.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 30's with cloudy skies and a 90% chance of snow. Accumulations are expected to be around an inch.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper teens and a high in the upper 20's with mostly cloudy skies and a 60% chance of isolated snow showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 13th the low was 33º F, the high was 61º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Rhode Island was -25º F on February 5, 1996 in Greene.
(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.

2/12/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.10" at Pikeville. There was 0.4" of new snow at Clarkrange. There were 259 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.36" at Rusk. There were 680 reports from Texas. There was 13.5" of new snow reported at Ovilla.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.55" at Mansfield. The most new snow was 11.3" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6086 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.36" at Rusk, Georgia.

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Ovilla, Texas.
The most snow reported on the ground was 71.0" at Kingvale, California.