January 25, 2011

Happy 86th Birthday Mom!!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning and a trace of snow on the ground. The 5:00 AM temperature was 38º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), there was a light mist, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday morning. (29.94 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's, a high in the mid 40's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of rain today with some possible snow mixed in this evening, then a 90% chance of snow after midnight with possible accumulations of 2-3 inches.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 48ºF. It was cloudy all day with light rain showers from time to time. The rain changed to snow sometime after midnight.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 30's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of snow with an additional inch of accumulation possible.

Thursday
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 clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 25th the low was 32º F, the high was 47º F, and 0.46" 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.

1/24/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.38" at Cookville. There were 246 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Portland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.90" at Corpus Christi. There were 536 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.10" at Dowagiac. There were 94 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 1.2" at Grand Junction and Stevensville.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.06" at Stevensville. The most new snow was 1.2" at Stevensville.

So far 6169 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.90" at Corpus Christi, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Savannah, Missouri and Bison, South Dakota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 82.0" at Soda Springs, California.