October 12, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, the sky had some stars visible (partly cloudy?), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday. (30.00 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 80's, with partly cloudy skies, and southwest winds around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 57º F and the high was 72º F. At 6:30 PM it was cloudy with a sprinkle and 0.09" in the rain gauge.

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

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly clear skies.


Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 12th the low was 50º F, the high was 69º 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.

10/11/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 232 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.29" at Anna. There were 457 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Bedford.
So far 6293 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.83" in Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

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