December 10, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 35º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.04" since yesterday. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the upper 40's, with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 34º F and the high was 49º F. It was partly cloudy most of the day.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm after noon. Saturday night there is a near 100% chance of showers before midnight, then a rain/snow mix between midnight and 3 AM, then snow after 3 AM.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 20's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of snow showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 19º F, the high was 31º 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.

12/9/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Crossville and Pikeville. There were 240 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Livingston. There were 431 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.17" at Scottville. There were 104 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Kalamazoo.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.04" at Watervliet. The most new snow was 0.8" at Niles.
So far 6093 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.05" at Portland, Oregon.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at De Witt, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 50.0" at Kingvale, California.