March 14, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.07" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 42º F, the sky was cloudy with a very light rain falling, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.60 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 upper 40's , and cloudy skies with northwest winds 5-15 mph. There is a 70% chance of rain today, mainly light showers.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 46º F. It was cloudy all day with a light drizzle on and off most of the day.

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

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 14th the low was 40º F, the high was 53º F, and 0.42" 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.

3/13/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.38" at Monteagle. There were 301 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.64" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Marshall. There were 360 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6221 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.43" at Rotonda, Florida. This was the only report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Kingvale, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 88.0" at Kingvale, California.