March 20, 2010

Welcome Spring !!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 44º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.89 in Hg on non calibrated barometer). Bradford pear trees were noticed to be blooming today.

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper40's, a high in the low 70's , and partly cloudy skies with south winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 43º F and the high was 69º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day with more clouds in the afternoon.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies and a 90% chance of rain.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 36º F, the high was 57º 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.

3/19/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Huntland. There were 245 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Halletsville. There were 428 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5891 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.71" at Ookala, Hawaii.

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Lander, Wyoming.
The most snow reported on the ground was 52.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.