January 26, 2011

Happy Birthday Amy!!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.61" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was 1.5" of new snow (core 0.20") and about 1.0" of snow on the ground(core 0.14"). The 5:00 AM temperature was 31º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), there was a light snow, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with some stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.13" since yesterday morning. (29.81 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the mid 30's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 80% chance of snow today, mainly before noon. An additional inch of new accumulation is possible.

The low today was 27ºF and the high was 39ºF. There was snow in the morning until around 9 AM, then cloudy skies the rest of the day.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly cloudy skies.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 40's with mostly cloudy skies and a 20% chance of precipitation.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 26º F, the high was 34º 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.

1/25/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.70" at Winchester. There were 268 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.11" at Gallatin.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.86" at Cleveland. There were 507 reports from Texas. The most new snow was 0.6" at Lubbock.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.14" at Breckenridge. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Fennville and West Bloomfield Township.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.05" at Niles. The most new snow was 0.6" at Niles.

So far 6179 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.59" at Kaplan, Louisiana.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Deer Isle, Maine.
The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Soda Springs, California.