April 23, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.29" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 56º F, the sky was mostly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.89 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's, a high in the low 80's , with partly cloudy skies and south winds 5-15 mph.

The low today was 56º F and the high was 78º F. It was partly cloudy until late in the day, when it became cloudy.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies and a near 100% chance of showers and thunderstorms, some possibly severe with hail or a tornado.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 40% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 44º F, the high was 80º 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.

4/22/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.12" at Gray. There were 252 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.09" at Kerrville. There were 497 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 7060 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.95" at Salina, Kansas.

The most new snow reported was 9.2" at Idyllwild, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 28.5" at Pagosa Springs, Colorado.