March 28, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.32" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 6:00 AM temperature was 48º F, the sky was cloudy and rain was falling, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.08" since yesterday. (29.81 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 upper 50's , and cloudy skies with southwest winds 10-20 mph. There is a near 100% chance of rain this morning and a 50% chance this afternoon and evening.

The low today was 46º F and the high was 58º F. There was rain early, then cloudy and mostly cloudy the rest of the day.


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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 46º F, the high was 75º 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.

3/27/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.44" at Memphis. There were 248 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Texline. There were 382 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5737 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.68" at Trego Center, Kansas.

The most new snow reported was 15.5" at Ouray, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 55.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.