December 27, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning with 0.1" of new snow since yesterday. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, there was 2.0" of snow on the ground (with a core of 0.19") and there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph. The barometer reading was +0.04" since yesterday morning. (30.02 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 20º F and the high was 33º F.

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

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of rain after noon and a 50% chance of showers Wednesday night.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 28º F, the high was 45º 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.

12/26/2010 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 222 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 6.4" at Madisonville.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.05" at Westmoreland. The most new snow was 1.2" at Bethpage and Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.71" at Nederland. There were 352 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.03" at Linden, Port Huron, Shelby, and Waterford. There were 82 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.7" at Litchfield and Traverse City.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5327 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.81" at Miranda, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 12.5" at Waynesville, North Carolina.
The most snow reported on the ground was 70.0" at Kingvale, California