February 16, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.13" of precipitation in the gauge this morning for the last two days. There was 1.0" of snow since the morning of 2/14. The 5:00 AM temperature was 20º F, the sky was cloudy, winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.04" since 2/14's reading. (29.83 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 low 30's , cloudy skies, and west winds 5-15 mph. There is a 20% chance of snow flurries today.

The low today was 19º F and the high was 32º F. There was snow during the morning and cloudy skies in the afternoon.

Wednesday
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.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in low 20's and a high in the low 40's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 16th the low was 24º F, the high was 44º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for South Carolina was -19º F on January 21, 1985 at Caesars Head.
(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.

2/15/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.55" at Erin. There was 5.1" of new snow at Dunlap. There were 273 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.25" at Portland and the most new snow was 1.0" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.59" at New Braunfels. There were 495 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5802 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.36" at Hosford, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 8.7" at Bedford, Indiana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 50.0" at Mc Henry, Maryland and Edwards, New York.