May 14, 2010

Happy Birthday Vicki !!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 70º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.08" since yesterday. (30.07 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's, a high in the upper 80's , with cloudy skies and west winds 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms today.

The low today was 64º F and the high was 78º F. There were lots of clouds, a shower or two and a little thunder and lightning.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Sunday
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 mostly cloudy skies and a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 14th the low was 64º F, the high was 77º F, and no 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.

5/13/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.07" at Mascot. There were 266 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.86" at Abilene. There were 474 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at Fort Worth.
So far 7386 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.65" at West Burlington, Iowa. There were 3 reports of 4" of more from Iowa and 1 from Indiana.

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Buffalo, Wyoming.
The most snow reported on the ground was 28.0" at Cowdrey, Colorado.