August 25, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 62º F, the sky was mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.99 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's, a high in the mid 80's, with partly cloudy skies and north winds around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon.

The low today was 62º F and the high was 79º F. The sky was partly cloudy all day.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 80's with clear skies.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 25th the low was 60º F, the high was 86º F, and no 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.

8/24/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 261 reports from Tennessee. (There was a report of 2.10" from Standing Stone State Park, but I have learned over the years that Standing Stone State Park reports are untrustworthy, so I discount them.)
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.10" at New Ulm. There were 500 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.18" at Saginaw.
So far 7221 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.93" at Trousdale, Kansas.

Reports of 4" or more:
Kansas - 8
Florida - 3
Nebraska - 3
North Carolina - 1

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