February 20, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was a trace of snow still on the ground. The 5:30 AM temperature was 33º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday. (29.95 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast .
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the mid 50's , and partly cloudy skies with light northeast winds.

The low today was 30º F and the high was 61º F. It was mostly clear and partly cloudy all day.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies and a 80% chance of rain Sunday night.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 17º F, the high was 44º F, and a trace of precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City.
(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.

2/19/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.05" at Greenville. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.61" at Rancho Viejo. There were 546 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6244 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.61" at Rancho Viejo, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 11.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 52.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.