September 24, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (mostly clear or partly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged 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 low 90's, with mostly clear skies early and increasing clouds in the afternoon and southwest winds 5-15 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM and a 30% chance overnight before 1 AM.

The low today was 67º F and the high was 85º F. It was cloudy at 6 PM. A brief thunderstorm came by at around 7:45 PM with a few flashes of lightening and peals of thunder.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly clear skies.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 24th the low was 70º F, the high was 82º F, and 0.02" 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.

9/23/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.95" at Dunlap. There were 262 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.38" at El Paso. There were 633 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.21" at Benbrook and Fort Worth.
So far 7351 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.61" at Mapleton, Minnesota.

Reports of 4" or more:
Minnesota - 7
Nebraska - 6
Wisconsin - 3
South Dakota - 2

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