October 31, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 47º F, a lot of stars were visible (clear or mostly clear) and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.08" since yesterday. (30.01 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the upper 60's, with clear skies, and north winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 46º F and the high was 69º F. It was clear all day with a few wisps of clouds in the morning, then just blue skies through the afternoon.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 60's with partly cloudy skies.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 31st the low was 40º F, the high was 57º F, and 1.96" 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.

10/30/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Manchester. There were 222 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 395 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Chatham. There were 114 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 5674 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.56" at Key Largo, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 0.5" at Kobuck, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 7.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.