November 16, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 47º F, it was cloudy with a light rain falling and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.18" since yesterday. (29.79 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 low 50's, with cloudy skies and northeast winds 5-15 mph becoming southwest with gusts up to 20 mph. There is a 100% chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm today, then a 30% chance of showers before midnight.

The low today was 41º F and the high was 55º F. It was cloudy with showers all morning and light showers occasionally in the afternoon and evening.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers Wednesday night.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers before noon.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 16th the low was 47º F, the high was 71º 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.

11/15/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.35" at Winchester. There were 289 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.72" at Jasper. There were 514 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.51" at Houghton. There were 134 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported for Michigan was 3.0" at Houghton.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.08" at Watervliet.
So far 6876 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.92" at Pepeekeo, Hawaii.

Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Smoot, Wyoming and Vail, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.