October 5, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 38º F, the sky had lots of stars visible (mostly clear or partly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's, a high in the mid 60's, clear skies and north winds around 5-10 mph.

The low today was 37º F and the high was 65º F. It was clear at 6 PM.

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

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies.


Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 53º F, the high was 67º F, and 0.27" 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.

10/4/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.47" at Townsend. There were 250 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.13" at Amarillo. There were 466 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
So far 6598 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.91" at Kingvale, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

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