December 18, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, and there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05 since yesterday. (29.96 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the mid 30's, with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of snow showers before noon.

The low today was 27º F and the high was 35º F. It was cloudy at 8:30 AM and partly cloudy at 1 PM and through the rest of the afternoon.

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

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 29º F, the high was 44º 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.

12/17/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.30" at Kingsport. There were 260 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 0.4" at Jonesborough.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.21" at Hendersonville.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.38" at Stratford. There were 399 reports from Texas. The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Texline.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.21" at Gaylord. There were 98 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.0" at White Pigeon.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.04" at Niles. The most new snow was 1.1" at Niles.
So far 6470 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.29" at Cedar Crest, New Mexico.

Reports of 4" or more:
none


The most new snow reported was 20.6" at Lacona, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 28.0" at Westville, Indiana.