January 21, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.15" of precipitation in the gauge this morning from 1.9" of snow with 2.0" of snow on the ground(core 0.13"). The 5:00 AM temperature was 14º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.91 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low teens, a high in the low 20's, with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 12ºF and the high was 23ºF. It was mostly clear in the morning, becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Sabbath
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid teens and a high in the mid 30's with mostly cloudy skies.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the mid 30's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of rain or snow before midnight.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 48º F, the high was 61º F, and 0.64" 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.

1/20/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.17" at Medina (6:15 PM report). There were 263 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was from the same Medina report with 3.0".
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Gallatin. The most new snow was a trace at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.13" at Ravenna. There were 507 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.04" at Hurst.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.05" at Charlevoix and Holland. There were 107 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Charlevoix.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville. The most new snow was 0.9" at Stevensville.

So far 6391 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.50" at Carrollton, Missouri.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Merna, Nebraska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 86.0" at Soda Springs, California.