December 4, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning from snow flurries yesterday at around 11 AM. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear) and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday. (29.99 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the upper 40's, with mostly clear skies and northwest winds around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers after midnight.

The low today was 27º F and the high was 46º F. There were a few stars visible at 6 PM.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers, mainly in the morning. There is a slight chance of flurries after 10 PM.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 30's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a slight chance of flurries during the day.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 36º F, the high was 42º F, and 0.57" 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.

12/2/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.05" at Oak Grove. There were 247 reports from Tennessee. There was 0.2" of new snow at Kyles Ford.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 427 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.37" at Ellsworth. There were 118 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 6.2" at Walker. (Hopefully Michigan observers will read and follow the directions for measuring and reporting snow, many of their reports don't make sense, so I am guessing which ones are correct and reporting here.)
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.24" at Watervliet. The most new snow was 1.9" at Niles.
So far 6387 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.63" at Weissport East, Pennsylvania.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 24.0" at Buffalo, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 30.0" at West Seneca, New York.