November 19, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 43º F, no stars were visible (cloudy?) and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday. (30.00 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 50's, with mostly cloudy skies in the morning becoming partly cloudy or mostly clear in the afternoon, and south winds around 5 mph.

The low today was 42º F and the high was 57º F. There were lots of stars visible at 6 PM and the moon is almost full.

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

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 40º 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.

11/18/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.30" at Memphis. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Gallatin.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.03" at Anahuac, Jasper, and Lufkin. There were 430 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.30" at Chatham, Gaylord, and Hastings. There were 138 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 2.4" at Chatham.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.18" at Niles.
So far 6669 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.73" at Green Acres, Washington.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 16.6" at Kobuk, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 20.3" at Kobuk, Alaska.