October 27, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.68" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, lots of stars were visible (clear or mostly clear) and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.07" since yesterday. (29.88 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 mid 70's, with mostly clear skies, and southwest winds 5-10 mph.

The low today was 54º F and the high was 74º F. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.

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

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 50's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 49º F, the high was 58º 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.

10/26/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.03" at Huntland. There were 317 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.81" at Portland (5 PM report).
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.36" at De Kalb. There were 4.74 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.95" at Spalding. There were 146 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchannon and Niles.
So far 7722 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.06" at Key West, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 1

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado
The most snow reported on the ground was 10.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.