April 27, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.29" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 49º F, the sky was cloudy with a light rain falling, and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was +0.04"" since yesterday. (29.62 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 , with mostly cloudy skies and a 50% chance of showers.

The low today was 45º F and the high was 57º F. It was cloudy through the morning and cleared up to mostly clear by sunset.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 70's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 63º F, the high was 85º 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.

4/26/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.35" at Winchester. There were 336 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.30" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Berghiem. There were 491 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 7427 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.55" at Lutz, Florida. There were 3 reports of 4" or more from Florida.

The most new snow reported was 8.2" at Nederland, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 35.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.