March 21, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 50º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.02" since yesterday. (29.87 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 mid 30's, a high in the upper 50's , and cloudy skies with east winds 5-15 mph. There is a 90% chance of rain.

The low today was 40º F and the high was 56º F. It rained a light rain pretty much all day, with a fairly heavy downpour in the late afternoon.

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

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 32º F, the high was 62º 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.

3/20/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Pikeville. There were 231 reports from Tennessee. No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.30" at Halletsville and Helotes. The most new snow was 4.3" at Canyon. There were 565 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.06" at Bedford.
So far 5616 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.38" at Loco, Oklahoma.

The most new snow reported was 29.2" at Ouray, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 55.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.