May 1, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 68º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 13-18 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday. (29.85 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's, a high in the mid 70's , with cloudy skies and a 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms, some storms may be severe with hail and/or a tornado. Winds will be from the south 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

The low today was 61º F and the high was 70º F. There was rain all day starting at around 6:15 AM and continuing all day with some fairly heavy, we had around 3.5" of rain during the day at my CoCoRaHS station. Other parts of Middle Tennessee had rain amounts well over 10" with major flooding in several communities, including Nashville. Overnight there was some respite with not much rain until after 6 AM on Sunday at our location.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 70's with cloudy skies and a 90% chance of showers or thunderstorms. Some storms may produce heavy rains.

Monday
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 cloudy skies clearing to partly cloudy. There will be a 30% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 1st the low was 62º F, the high was 70º F, and 1.19" 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.

4/30/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Cornersville. There were 272 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was a 0.25" at Truscott. There were 482 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6680 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.85" at Jewell, Kansas.

The most new snow reported was 15.3" at Ouray, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Kingvale, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
April 2010 had 3.75" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 49.4ºF and the average high was 72.7ºF.
April 2009 had 6.96" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 48.5ºF and the average high was 69.5ºF.
April 2008 had 7.24" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 44.7º F and the average high was 69.5º F.
April 2007 had 2.95" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 44.0ºF and the average high was 66.6ºF.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
April 2006 had 4.1" of precipitation, the average low was 51.2ºF and the average high was 73.4ºF.
April 2005 had 8.0" of precipitation, the average low was 47.3ºF and the average high was 69.2ºF.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of April -
2010 - 13.78"
2009 - 19.44"
2008 - 21.71"
2007 - 12.34"
2006 - 16.3"
2005 - 20.1"