September 23, 2010

Today is the first day of autumn!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (mostly clear or clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.02" since yesterday. (30.08 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 clear skies and south winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 66º F and the high was 85º F. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Friday
The forecast for 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 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms overnight.

Sabbath
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 71º F, the high was 79º F, and 0.29" 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.

9/22/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.58" at Blue Springs. There were 259 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.08" at Concepcion. There were 622 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.04" at Mansfield.
So far 6828 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.50" at Princeton, Missouri.

Reports of 4" or more:
Missouri - 1

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