April 21, 2010

Happy Birthday Anthony !!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 45º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06 since yesterday. (29.92 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the low 70's , with partly cloudy skies and northwest winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 43º F and the high was 68º F. It was partly cloudy all day.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of showers.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 44º F, the high was 58º F, and 0.34" 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.

4/20/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.28" at Chattanooga and Dunlap. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin and Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.35" at Mission. There were 490 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Edgecliff.
So far 6517 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.96" at Wewahitchka, Florida.

The most new snow reported was 0.6" at Shingletown, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 68.0" at Kingvale, California.