November 4, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.29" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 45º F, a few stars were visible (mostly cloudy) and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.13" since yesterday. (29.91 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 60's, with cloudy skies clearing to partly cloudy this afternoon, and northwest winds 5-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

The low today was 41º F and the high was 55º F. It was partly cloudy at 5:45 PM, cloudy at 6 PM, and lots of stars were visible at 8 PM so it must have been partly cloudy again.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly cloudy skies.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 4th the low was 34º F, the high was 68º 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.

11/3/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.95" at Hickory Withe. There were 295 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.26" at Lucas. There were 618 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.46" at Rendon.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.10" at Aura and Ishpeming. There were 134 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 6713 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.63" at Jacksonville, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 3 (all from Jacksonville)

The most new snow reported was 2.2" at Sleetmute, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 6.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.