March 27, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 34º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. There was a light frost. The barometer reading was +0.10" since yesterday. (29.89 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's, a high in the mid 60's , and clear skies with southeast winds 15-25 mph. There is a 90% chance of rain after midnight.

The low today was 31º F and the high was 68º F. It was clear most of the day and mostly clear late.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers or thundershowers during the day and 50% Sunday night.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 50º F, the high was 63º F, and 0.09" 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.

3/26/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.45" at Clarksville. There were 316 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.85" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.75" at Nederland. There were 479 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6633 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.88" at Crystal River, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 4.7" at Kidron, Ohio and Cedar City, Utah.
The most snow reported on the ground was 70.0" at Kingvale, California.