February 28, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 33º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.86 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 upper 40's , and partly cloudy skies with northwest winds 5-10 mph.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of precipitation today with possible snow in the morning, then possible rain and/or snow in the afternoon.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 31º F, the high was 42º F, and 0.02" 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.

2/27/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Erwin. There were 234 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.94" at Kirbyville. There were 403 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at North Richland Hills.
So far 5566 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.21" at Bridgeville, California.

The most new snow reported was too hard to decipher from all the apparently incorrect amounts.
The most snow reported on the ground was 59.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.