March 17, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 44º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.02" since yesterday. (29.91 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 mid 50's , and mostly cloudy skies with light north winds.

The low today was 44º F and the high was 54º F. It was cloudy all day.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 60's with partly cloudy skies.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 60's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 40º F, the high was 72º F, and no 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.

3/16/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.15" at Winchester. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage and Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.38" at Lubbock. The most new snow was 1.5" at Ropesville. There were 649 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.76" at Edgecliff.
So far 6203 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.38" at Lubbock, Texas.

The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Ropesville, Texas.
The most snow reported on the ground was 53.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.