August 20, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 65º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.98 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's, a high in the upper 80's, with partly cloudy skies and northeast winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 65º F and the high was 85º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day.

Sabbath
The forecast for 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 40% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Sunday
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 mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 72º F, the high was 82º F, and 0.06" 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.

8/19/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 7.75" at Cookville. There were 362 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 6.12" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.85" at Palestine. There were 557 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.63" at Mansfield.
So far 7245 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 10.47" at Natchez, Mississippi.

Reports of 4" or more:
Tennessee - 26
North Carolina - 6
Kentucky -2
Mississippi - 2
Louisiana - 1

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