December 7, 2010

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning from snow flurries yesterday and this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 22º F, there were no stars visible (mostly cloudy or cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.05" since yesterday. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper teens, a high in the mid 20's, with cloudy skies early clearing to partly cloudy clear by evening. Winds will be from the northwest winds at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 16º F and the high was 29º F. There were some strong snow flurries during the day with up to 0.2" of snow accumulation, then the sun came out and melted it all. There were many stars visible at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the m id teens and a high in the low 30's with mostly clear skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper teens and a high in the mid 40's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 7th the low was 35º F, the high was 42º F, and 0.04" 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.

12/6/2010 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.34" at Cookville. There were 250 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow reported was 1.7" at Greenville.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Bethpage, along with .1" of new snow.
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 432 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.69" at Watervliet. There were 116 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 11.5" at Holland.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.69" at Watervliet. There was 3.4" of new snow at Niles.
So far 6366 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.43" at Middleton, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 24.0" at Randolph, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 55.0" at Kingvale, California.