October 26, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.09" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 72º F, it was cloudy and winds were estimated to 19-24 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.10" since yesterday. (29.81 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 cloudy skies, and south winds between 15-20 mph becoming southwest 30-35 mph with gusts to 40 mph. There is a 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms, some thunderstorms may be severe.

The low today was 52º F and the high was 77º F. It was mostly cloudy at 6 PM. Radar showed showers much of the day from late morning through mid afternoon.

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

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 60's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 39º F, the high was 67º 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.

10/25/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.81" at Monteagle. There were 359 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.30" at Gallatin and Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.31" at Tyler. There were 521 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.48" at Grand Junction. There were 164 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 2.47" at Watervliet.
So far 7833 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.16" at Grass Valley, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
California - 10
Alabama - 9

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado
The most snow reported on the ground was 4.0" at Smoot, Wyoming.