July 27, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:30 AM temperature was 72º F, the sky was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (30.04 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 70's, a high in the low 90's, with partly cloudy skies and south winds 5-10 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thundershowers in the late morning and afternoon.

The low today was 72º F and the high was 85º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day with a couple of sprinkles in the morning.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 70's and a high in the low 90's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% 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 partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 66º F, the high was 84º F, and 0.16" 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.

7/26/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.85" at Whitwell. There were 230 reports from Tennessee. The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.48" at Temple. There were 508 reports from Texas.
the most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Blue Mound.
So far 6827 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.50" at Gonzalez, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 2

No new snow was reported.
No snow was reported on the ground.