October 17, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 43º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (30.02 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 upper 70's, with clear skies, and southwest winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 43º F and the high was 76º F. It was mostly clear the majority of the day.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly clear skies.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 38º F, the high was 48º F, and 0.12" 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.

10/16/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 215 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 373 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 5474 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.06" at Laconia, New Hampshire.

Reports of 4" or more:
New Hampshire - 1

The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Underhill Center, Vermont.
The most snow reported on the ground was 2.0" at Underhill Center, Vermont.