August 18, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.30" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 71º F, the sky was cloudy with rain falling, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was ? since yesterday. (30.00 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 80's, with cloudy skies and east winds around 5 mph. There is a 80% chance of showers or thundershowers.

The low today was 68º F and the high was 72º F. There was rain most of the day, some heavy.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Friday
The forecast for the day after 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 20% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 71º F, the high was 80º 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.

8/17/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.87" at Monteagle. There were 278 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.43" at Bridge City. There were 545 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Edgecliff.
So far 7240 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.60" at Scottsboro, Alabama.

Reports of 4" or more:
Alabama - 1
Georgia - 1
Kansas - 1
Louisiana - 1

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