December 24, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 27º F, and there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday morning. (30.06 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 40's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of rain, sleet and snow tonight, changing to snow after midnight with up to an inch accumulation possible.

The low today was 25º F and the high was 38º F. It was cloudy most of the day with a patch of mostly cloudy during the afternoon. The snow began at 7:57 PM and it had snowed 0.3" by 8:27 PM, 0.9" by 8:57 PM, 1.2" by 9:27 PM and 2.1" by 12:27 PM. There was still just 2.1" at 5 AM on Christmas.

Sabbath (Christmas)
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 30's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of snow with additional accumulation of up to 1/2 inch possible.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 20's with cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of snow showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 24th the low was 49º F, the high was 60º F, and a trace of 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.

12/23/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.16" at Maryville. There were 234 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Eagle Pass. There were 412 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.30" at Grand Rapids. There were 90 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.5" at Traverse City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.02" at Niles. The most new snow was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.

So far 5927 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.46" at Ookala, Hawaii.

Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Jefferson and Mount Vernon, Maine.
The most snow reported on the ground was 67.0" at Kingvale, California and Crested Butte, Colorado.