April 6, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 65º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.96 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 mid 80's , with clear skies and southwest winds 10-20 mph.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 83º F. It was mostly clear much of the day and partly cloudy from mid afternoon through early evening.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies. There is a near 100% chance of rain Wednesday night.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 6th the low was 36º F, the high was 48º F, and 0.42" 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.

4/5/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.17" at Celina. There were 258 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.08" at Bastrop. There were 495 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Edgecliff, Fort Worth, and Watauga.
So far 6480 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.44" at Middleton, California.

The most new snow reported was 17.0" at Kingvale, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 96.0" at Kingvale, California.