January 16, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was a trace of snow on the ground. The 5:00 AM temperature was 30º F, there were a few stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.13" since yesterday morning. (29.96 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 mid 30's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of freezing rain and sleet after midnight.

The low today was 27º F and the high was 42ºF. It was cloudy early, then partly cloudy from around 10 AM through the afternoon.

Monday
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 80% chance of freezing rain and sleet before 8 AM, then rain the rest of the day.
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. There is a near 100% chance of rain.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 16th the low was 34º F, the high was 53º 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.

1/15/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Parsons. There were 220 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.24" at Brownsville. There were 637 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.04" at Arlington, Fort Worth, Hurst, and North Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.64" at Muskegon. There were 98 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 8.3" at Traverse City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.07" at Watervliet. The most new snow reported was 0.4" at Stevensville.

So far 5542 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.56" at Coos Bay, Oregon.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 8.3" at Traverse City, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 93.0" at Soda Springs, California.