December 28, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 15º F, there was 0.5" of snow on the ground (with a core of 0.16") and there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.04" since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid teens, a high in the upper 30's, with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 13º F and the high was 39º F. There were lots of stars visible at 6:30 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers afternoon and a 50% chance of showers Wednesday night.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 20º F, the high was 35º 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.

12/27/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.42" at Jefferson City. There were 240 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 8.1" at Erwin.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Westmoreland. The most new snow was 0.1" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Helotes. There were 405 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Port Huron. There were 92 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.1" at Port Huron and St. Clair.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5756 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.15" at Lavallette, New Jersey.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 28.0" at South Plainfield, New Jersey.
The most snow reported on the ground was 71.0" at Kingvale, California