May 18, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 57º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday. (30.02 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's, a high in the upper 60's , with mostly cloudy skies in the morning becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 56º F and the high was 62º F. It was cloudy pretty much all day with some rain mist in the morning between 10:30 AM and noon.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies and a 40% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 41º F, the high was 67º 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.

5/17/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.87" at Karns. There were 339 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.67" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.57" at Laredo. There were 583 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Hurst.
So far 7816 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.63" at Milton, Florida. There were 4 reports of 4" of more from North Carolina and 3 from Florida.

No new snow was reported.
The most snow reported on the ground was 20.4" at Cowdrey, Colorado.