March 2, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 36º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday. (29.85 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the low 40's , and cloudy skies with north winds 10-15 mph. There is a 60% chance of snow this morning with no accumulation and a slight chance of snow or rain this afternoon.

The low today was 34º F and the high was 44º F. It snowed in the morning with no accumulation, as the ground melted all snow on contact. It was cloudy most of the day, but cleared to partly cloudy by sunset.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 2nd the low was 19º F, the high was 35º 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.

3/1/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Knoxville. There were 260 reports from Tennessee. No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.10" at Hamlin and Sunset Valley. There were 732 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.40" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6483 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.41" at Ookala, Hawaii. Hawaii had 2 reports of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 10.5 at Randolph, New Hampshire.
The most snow reported on the ground was 61.5" at Randolph, New Hampshire.