February 25, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was 0.1" of new snow that fell during the day yesterday. The 5:30 AM temperature was 24º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday. (29.86 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.

The low today was 24º F and the high was 36º F. It was cloudy through mid afternoon when it began clearing and was partly cloudy by sunset.

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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 25th the low was 43º 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.

2/24/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.11" at Greeneville and Maryville. There were 288 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at almost all reporting stations.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.70" at Carlton. 6.2" of new snow at Frost was the most reported. There were 668 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.11" at Mansfield.
So far 6789 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.75" at Santa Cruz, California.

The most new snow reported was 24.6" at Alatamont, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 64.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.