April 7, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 66º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.04" since yesterday. (29.92 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's, a high in the mid 70's , with partly cloudy skies becoming mostly cloudy and southwest winds 10-20 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers this afternoon and a near 100% chance of showers or thundershowers tonight.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 75º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of rain.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 50's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 7th the low was 34º F, the high was 48º F, and 0.27" 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.

4/6/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Carthage, Lebanon, and Pleasant Hill. There were 254 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.04" at Helotes. There were 439 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6600 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.40" at Waterloo, Iowa.

The most new snow reported was 13.0" at Smoot, Wyoming.
The most snow reported on the ground was 99.0" at Kingvale, California.