November 29, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 38º F, there were lots of stars visible (mostly clear or clear) and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday. (30.01 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 upper 50's, with partly cloudy skies and southeast winds 5-15 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers after noon. There is a near 100% chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm tonight.

The low today was 36º F and the high was 64º F. It was cloudy at 5 PM with a sprinkle and about 0.02" in the rain gauge. Showers started around 5:15 PM and there was heavier rain with some thunder at around 7:30 PM. There were some fairly heavy showers through the night based on the way the rain sounded on the roof when I woke up a couple of times.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 80% chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm before noon. There is a 20% chance of showers before midnight, then snow flurries are possible before morning.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 29th the low was 48º F, the high was 63º 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.

11/28/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 215 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.05" at Halletsville. There were 374 reports from Texas.
N o precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.20" at Paradise. There were 102 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 1.0" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 5486 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.03" at Tahoma, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Kingvale, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 66.0" at Kingvale, California.