September 26, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 58º F, the sky had a few stars visible (partly cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.04" since yesterday. (30.03) 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 low 70's, with mostly cloudy skies and northeast winds around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and a 40% chance tonight.

The low today was 54º F and the high was 69º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day except for a short period of mostly cloudy between 2 and 3 PM.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies and a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 60's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 61º F, the high was 73º F, and 0.51" 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.

9/25/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.82" at Lawrenceburg. There were 286 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.27" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.00" at Bridgeport. There were 542 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.96" at Edgecliff.
So far 5916 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.12" at Tuscumbia, Alabama.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

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