September 22, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 69º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (partly cloudy or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's, a high in the mid 90's, with mostly clear skies and southwest winds 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 67º F and the high was 86º F. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the low 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20%chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 67º F, the high was 82º F, and 0.50" of precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 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.

9/21/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.06" at Crossville. There were 238 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.24" at Rockne. There were 616 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6485 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.24" at Rockne, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

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