December 26, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge this morning with 1.2" of new snow since yesterday. The 5:00 AM temperature was 25º F, there was a light snow falling, there was 2.5" of snow on the ground (with a core of 0.18") and there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday morning. (29.98 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 upper 20's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at around 15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is a 50% chance of snow showers with accumulation of up to 1/2 inch possible.

The low today was 24º F and the high was 29º F. Most of the day was cloudy with snow flurries, but at 10:13 AM and once in the afternoon the sun shone through to blind whomever was looking outside at the snow. There was 0.1" of new snow.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the low 30's with mostly cloudy skies becoming gradually becoming clear during the day.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid teens and a high in the upper 30's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 29º F, the high was 48º F, and 0.02" 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.

12/25/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee is a mystery to me. We just don't report snow very well with many of the precipitation amounts obviously really snow amounts. There were 220 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 4.5" at Cleveland (from 8 PM) and the comment said it was really 7", though this person could stand rereading the snow reporting instructions. The 4.5" was in line with 12/26 AM reports from Bradley count, so is probably close.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.15" at Westmoreland. The most new snow was 2.8" at Westmoreland (a different station).
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.62" at Whitesboro. There were 535 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.02" at Bedford and Watauga.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.19" at Chatham. There were 82 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.1" at Chatham.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5166 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.62" at Whitesboro, Texas. (The rest of the greater amounts looked like snow amounts, a lot of people are confused on how to report wintry precipitation.)

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Chatsworth, Illinois. (2 reports from West Virginia were most likely 1.5" instead of 15.0".)
The most snow reported on the ground was 77.0" at Soda Springs, California