February 24, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 29º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday. (29.83 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 mid 30's , and mostly cloudy skies with northwest winds 5-15 mph. There could be some snow flurries in the morning.

The low today was 25º F and the high was 34º F. It was cloudy all day and there were a few snow flurries.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the upper 30's with partly cloudy skies.

Friday
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 24th the low was 24º F, the high was 51º 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.

2/23/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.40" at Pegram. There were 300 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.05" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.58" at Utopia. There were 546 reports from Texas.
the most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Fort Worth.
So far 6352 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.83" at Belmar, New Jersey.

The most new snow reported was 11.2" at Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
The most snow reported on the ground was 68.5" at Pagosa Springs, Colorado.