December 22, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, and there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.93 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's, a high in the mid 40's, with cloudy skies. The temperature will fall into the mid 30's during the day. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 29º F and the high was 45º F. There were no stars visible at 6 PM.

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

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of precipitation during the day with rain, sleet, and/or snow possible and a 70% chance of precipitation Friday night with good chance of snow.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 26º F, the high was 55º 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.

12/21/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.25" at Rockford. There were 253 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 0.1" at Bristol and Kyles Ford.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Gallatin and Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Bandera. There were 431 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.08" at Watersmeet. There were 95 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.3" at Chatham.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.01" at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville. The most new snow was 0.4" at Buchanan.
So far 6279 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.80" at Crestline, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
California - 6

The most new snow reported was 24.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 68.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.