November 17, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.14" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, no stars were visible (cloudy) and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday. (29.85 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 mid 50's, with partly cloudy skies and southwest winds around 5 mph There is a 40% chance of showers tonight mainly after midnight.

The low today was 36º F and the high was 51º F. There were lots of stars visible at 6 PM, it was clear or mostly clear.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers before noon.

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 mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 45º F, the high was 60º F, and 0.20" 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.

11/16/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.19" at Dayton. There were 336 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.00" at Westmoreland (a 12 midnight report).
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.56" at Carrollton. There were 514 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.33" at Arlington.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.24" at Drummond. There were 125 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported for Michigan was 0.7" at Houghton.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 7112 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.66" at Destin, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 7.0" at Breckinridge, Colorado and Duluth, Minnesota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 15.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.