January 18, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.14" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy, a light rain was falling, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.20" since yesterday morning. (29.76 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the mid 40's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph. There is a near 100% chance of rain during the day and 40% chance of rain or snow before midnight.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 46ºF. There were showers much of the day and no stars were visible at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 30's with mostly cloudy skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of rain or snow in the afternoon and a 70% chance of snow Thursday night before 3 AM.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 29º F, the high was 56º F, and 0.39" 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.

1/17/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.13" at Clarksville. There were 249 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Gallatin, Hendersonville, Portland, and Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.81" at Center. There were 563 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Fort Worth, Hurst, North Richland hills, and Watauga.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.23" at White Cloud. There were 96 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 3.2" at White Cloud.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6065 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.75" at Carrollwood, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 19.2" at Fulton, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 89.0" at Soda Springs, California.