June 15, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 69º F, the sky was partly cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (30.01 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's, a high in the low 90's, with partly cloudy skies and southwest winds 5-10 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers or thundershowers.

The low today was 69º F and the high was 87º F. It was clear most of the morning and partly cloudy the rest of the day.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 67º F, the high was 79º F, and 0.05" 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.

6/14/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.10" at Mount Juliet. There were 269 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.09" at Bethpage.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.13" at Shallowater. There were 463 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 7492 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 9.64" at Edmond, Oklahoma. Kansas and Oklahoma each had 5 reports of 4" or more and Nebraska had 2 reports of 4" or more.

The most new snow reported was 1.1" at Idaho Springs, Colorado.
No snow was reported on the ground.