May 4, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 54º F, the sky was clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday. (29.91 in Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's, a high in the low 80's , with clear skies and west winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 52º F and the high was 77º F. It was clear most of the day.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 80's with clear skies.

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.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 4th the low was 54º F, the high was 62º F, and 1.09" 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.

5/3/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 10.35" at Bell Meade. There were 352 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 9.52" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was a 0.33" at Red Oak. There were 490 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 7301 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 10.35" at Bell Meade, Tennessee. There were 94 reports of 4" or more from Tennessee (2 reports of 10" or more), 26 reports of 4" or more from Kentucky, 25 from Alabama, 9 reports from Georgia, 7 reports of 4" or more from Mississippi, and 2 reports of 4" or more from Ohio.

The most new snow reported was 4.0" at several places in Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 27.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.