March 12, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.17" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 46º F, the sky was cloudy with a light fog, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.02" since yesterday. (29.69 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the mid 50's , and cloudy skies with south winds 5-10 mph. There is a 80% chance of rain today, with possible thunderstorms.

The low today was 46º F and the high was 57º F. There was rain through the morning from around 7 AM until noon. The sun came out between 3 and 3:30 PM as the sky cleared to mostly cloudy.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 40's with cloudy skies and a 50% chance of rain.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies and a 30% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 12th the low was 32º F, the high was 38º F, and 0.03" 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.

3/11/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.39" at Adamsville. There were 321 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.42" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.79" at Marshall. Texline reported 7.5" of new snow. There were 492 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.19" at Saginaw.
So far 7029 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.28" at Valley, Alabama. Alabama had 8 reports of 4" or more, Georgia had 3, and Florida had 1 report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 12.0" at Capitan, New Mexico.
The most snow reported on the ground was 52.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.