February 27, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 24º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 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 upper 20's, a high in the low 40's , and partly cloudy skies with northwest winds 5-15 mph. Clouds should increase through the afternoon and there is a slight chance of rain sprinkles or snow flurries overnight.

The low today was 24º F and the high was 46º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day.

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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 42º F, the high was 64º F, and 0.64" 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.
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.

2/26/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.10" at Morristown. 1.4" of new snow was also reported at Erwin with 6.0" on the ground. There were 257 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Hendersonville, Portland and Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.59" at Gilmer. There were 463 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Edgecliff.
So far 5903 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.86" at Scarborough, Maine. Maine and New Hampshire each had 3 reports of 4" or more and New Jersey and New York each had 1 report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 31.0" at Bovinia Center, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 92.0" at Soda Springs, California.