December 17, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.19" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 29º F, and there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.22 since yesterday. (29.91 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's, a high in the low 30's, with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 28º F and the high was 31º F. No stars were visible at 6 PM.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 30's with cloudy skies.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the mid 30's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 25º F, the high was 51º 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.

12/16/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.18" at Cumberland City. There were 278 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 1.7" at Erwin.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.43" at Portland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at McQueeney. There were 407 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Paradise. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.2" at Frederic.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 6350 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.89" at Fairview, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
none


The most new snow reported was 17.8" at Clay, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 29.0" at Westville, Indiana.