May 10, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 43º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.01 since yesterday. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's, a high in the mid 60's , with partly cloudy skies becoming mostly cloudy and southeast winds 5-10 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers today and overnight with a slight chance of thunderstorms.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 56º F. It was cloudy most of the day with a very light shower or two.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the low 80's with mostly cloudy skies and a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies and a 30% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 52º F, the high was 69º F, and 0.03" 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.

5/9/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 210 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.42 at Plano. There were 415 reports from Texas.
the most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.17" at Arlington.
So far 5443 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.24" at Kingston, Massachusetts.

The most new snow reported was 4.0" at Lacona, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 21.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.