November 30, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.36" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 56º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy) and a light rain was falling and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.16" since yesterday. (29.85 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 mid 50's, with cloudy skies and southwest winds around 10 mph and gusts up to 25 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers, mainly before noon.

The low today was 34º F and the high was 56º F. It was cloudy at 6 PM and 0.87" was in the gauge from showers during the day.

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

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 30th the low was 30º F, the high was 56º F, and 0.52" 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.

11/29/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.33" at Lafayette (11:59 PM). There were 254 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.52" at Mount Pleasant. There were 475 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.04" at Mansfield.
No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 114 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 6500 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.34" at Mooresville, Indiana (5:00 PM report).

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 13.2" at Magna, Utah.
The most snow reported on the ground was 24.0" at Volcano, California.