April 3, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 59º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday. (29.88 in Hg on non calibrated barometer). The plum trees were blooming today.

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the low 70's , with a 60% chance of showers or thundershowers in the morning and partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-15 mph.

The low today was 50º F and the high was 71º F. There was rain in the morning and clearing by 11 AM with partly cloudy skies the rest of the day.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 70's with partly cloudy skies.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 41º F, the high was 59º F, and 2.01" 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.

4/2/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 250 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.61" at Wichita Falls. There were 478 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.08" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6147 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.12" at Mandan, North Dakota.

The most new snow reported was 9.5" at Lead, South Dakota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Kingvale, California.