September 29, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 49º F, the sky had a lot of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.91) inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the mid 70's, clear skies and northeast winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 46º F and the high was 72º F. It was clear at 6 PM.

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

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 29th the low was 50º F, the high was 64º F, and no 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.

9/28/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.82" at Dunlap. There were 282 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Brushy Creek. There were 475 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6734 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 11.35" at Leland, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 11
South Carolina - 5

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