March 3, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 30º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday. (29.84 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's, a high in the low 40's , and mostly cloudy skies with northwest winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 29º F and the high was 38º F. It was cloudy most of the day with a snow flurry in the afternoon.

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

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 16º F, the high was 38º 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.

3/2/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.29" at Fayetteville. The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Pikeville. There were 277 reports from Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at most stations.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.50" at Jayton. 1.5" of new snow was reported at Texline. There were 553 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.73" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6158 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.02" at Milton, Florida. This was the only report of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 7.0" at York, Nebraska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 59.8" at Randolph, New Hampshire.