September 5, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 49º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (was either clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (30.04 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's, a high in the upper 70's, with clear skies and northeast winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 48º F and the high was 74º F. It was clear at 7 AM and at 9 PM.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 80's with clear skies.

Tuesday
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.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 64º F, the high was 84º F, and no precipitation was recorded 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.

9/4/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.76" at Fayetteville. There were 232 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.25" at Inez. There were 495 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5557 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.17" at Yarmouth, Massachusetts.

Reports of 4" or more:
Massachusetts - 2
Florida - 1

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