February 21, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 44º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday. (29.94 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast .
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the mid 60's , and partly cloudy skies with light south winds increasing to 10 mph in the afternoon. There is a near 100% chance of rain tonight.

The low today was 43º F and the high was 66º F. It was partly cloudy through the early afternoon, then it increased cloudiness to become cloudy by late afternoon. It began raining around 9 PM.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies and a 30% chance of rain.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 29º F, the high was 56º F, and no precipitation was recorded for this CoCoRaHS station.

Weather Fact
The record low for Tennessee was -32º F on December 20, 1917 at Mountain City.
The record high for Tennessee was 113º F on August 9, 1930 at Perryville.
(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.

2/20/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Blountville. There were 224 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.06" at Corpus Christi. There were 424 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5278 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.49" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

The most new snow reported was 29.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 71.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.