January 23, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning and 0.5" of snow on the ground(core 0.07"). The 5:00 AM temperature was 25º F, there were few stars visible (partly cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.04" since yesterday morning. (29.92 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's, a high in the mid 30's, with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of snow in the afternoon and then a 30% chance of snow tonight. Little accumulation is expected.

The low today was 22ºF and the high was 40ºF. It was mostly clear in the morning, then increasing clouds until late afternoon when it was cloudy.

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 30% chance of snow in the morning, then rain in the afternoon before changing back to snow Monday night with a 40% chance of snow.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 30's with cloudy skies. There is a slight chance of snow in the morning then a 50% chance of rain in the afternoon.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 44º F, the high was 60º F, and a trace 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.

1/22/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.06" at Greeneville. There were 225 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.03" at Point Comfort. There were 412 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.27" at Grand Junction and Muskegon. There were 90 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 11.5" at Muskegon.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.12" at Niles. The most new snow was 2.1" at Niles.

So far 5461 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.07" at Juneau, Alaska (it was rain).

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 16.9" at Minetto, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 84.0" at Soda Springs, California.