August 21, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 71º F, the sky was partly cloudy, 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 low 70's, a high in the low 90's, with mostly cloudy skies and southwest winds 5-10 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thundershowers.

The low today was 70º F and the high was 83º F. There was a shower sometime in the morning, a very brief shower around 6 PM, then a shower with some thunder and lightning around 8 PM.
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thundershowers.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 80's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 68º F, the high was 83º F, and 0.17" 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.

8/20/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.25" at Jonesborough. There were 291 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Bethpage.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.25" at Bridge City. There were 483 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.07" at Fort Worth.
So far 6890 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.00" at Tickfaw, Louisiana.

Reports of 4" or more:
Louisiana - 1
North Carolina - 1
South Carolina- 1

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