May 15, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.35" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 64º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.02" since yesterday. (30.09 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 70's , with cloudy skies and light south winds. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms today, some of the thunderstorms may be severe.

The low today was 62º F and the high was 79º F. There was a shower in the morning and much of the day was cloudy or mostly cloudy.

Sunday
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.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 62º F, the high was 81º F, and 0.30" 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.

5/14/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.35" at Franklin. There were 270 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.61 at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 7.67" at Mico. There were 594 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.02" at North Richland Hills.
So far 6956 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.67" at Mico, Texas. There were 3 reports of 4" of more from Texas.

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 20.4" at Cowdrey, Colorado.