March 15, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.13" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 42º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was 0.18" since yesterday. (29.78 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the upper 40's , and mostly cloudy skies with north winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 49º F. It was cloudy all day.

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

Wednesday
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 mostly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 48º F, the high was 58º F, and 0.46" 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.

3/14/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.47" at Cleveland. There were 270 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.22" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Corpus Christi. There were 335 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5673 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.79" at Groveland, Massachusetts. There were 10 reports of 4" or more from New Jersey, 2 from Rhode Island, and 1 each from Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The most new snow reported was 8.5" at Fairplay, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 60.0" at Durango, Colorado.