January 22, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning and 1.5" of snow on the ground(core 0.11"). The 5:00 AM temperature was 14º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.88 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid teens, a high in the upper 20's, with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph. There is a chance of flurries before noon.

The low today was 12º F and the high was 32ºF. It was partly cloudy at 8:30 AM, mostly clear at 1 PM, and mostly cloudy at 5 PM.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the mid 30's with cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of snow Sunday night.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of snow in the morning becoming rain in the afternoon.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 43º F, the high was 51º F, and 0.31" 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.

1/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was ?. There were 259 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 3.0" at Clarksville.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.27" at Portland. The most new snow was 2.2" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.17" at Winnsboro. There were 482 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Blue Mound and Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.26" at Wellston. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Wellston.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.07" at Buchanan. The most new snow was 1.5" at Buchanan.

So far 6290 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.83" at Lakeland, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 11.5" at Minetto, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 85.0" at Soda Springs, California.