May 11, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 59º F, the sky was mostly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 13-18 mph. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday. (29.94 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 70's , with partly cloudy skies and south winds 10-20 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers today.

The low today was 53º F and the high was 70º F. It was cloudy most of the day.

Wednesday
The forecast for 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 thunderstorms.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 11th the low was 53º F, the high was 69º F, and 0.18" 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.

5/10/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.54" at Atoka. There were 311 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.94" at DeKalb. There were 555 reports from Texas.
the most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.12" at North Richland Hills.
So far 7799 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.10" at Cotter, Arkansas.

The most new snow reported was 3.1" at Lander, Wyoming.
The most snow reported on the ground was 58.0" at Kingvale, California.