September 18, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 57º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's, a high in the mid 80's, with clear skies and northeast winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 54º F and the high was 80º F. It was clear at 8:30 AM, 3 Pm, and 6 PM.

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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 69º F, the high was 80º F, and 1.36" of precipitation was recorded (for the 24 hours prior to 5:30 AM) 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.

9/17/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.05" at Newport. There were 275 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.45" at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.31" at Amarillo. There were 506 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6517 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.31" at Amarillo, Texas. (Reports from Ohio, Michigan, and Florida were higher, but looked suspiciously miskeyed to me. I liked the 1 at the end of the Amarillo report, my apologies to either Michigan or Florida if they were correct. I'm guessing I'd have heard a news report if the 95.0" Ohio report was correct.)

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The first snow report of the 2010-2011 winter(?) that might be legitimate was reported in Mandan, North Dakota with a 10 PM report on the 17th. I looked on Weather Underground for Mandan for 9/17 and the airport at Bismark reported a trace of snow.