October 2, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 44º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the mid 70's, clear skies and northwest winds at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers overnight.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 71º F. It was clear at 7:30 AM and it was partly cloudy at 5 PM.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 2nd the low was 57º F, the high was 70º F, and 0.31" 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.

10/1/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.40" at Erwin. There were 253 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 481 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6643 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 10.25" at Cedar Point, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
Pennsylvania - 89
New York - 62
Maryland - 47
New Jersey - 42
Virginia - 37
North Carolina - 20
Delaware - 14
Vermont - 4
Connecticut - 2
Massachusetts - 2

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