January 28, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was a trace of snow on the ground. The 5:00 AM temperature was 37º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.82 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 50's, with clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 30ºF and the high was 58ºF. It was clear at 8:30 AM and 1:00 PM and was partly cloudy at 5 PM.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of rain Sunday night.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of rain during the day and a 50% chance overnight.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 29th the low was 24º F, the high was 29º F, and no 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.

1/28/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.10" at Carthage. There were 236 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 0.3" at Bristol.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Corpus Christi. There were 456 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.27" at Jackson. There were 106 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 3.4" at Chatham.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.15" at Stevensville. The most new snow was 2.0" at Stevensville.

So far 5835 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.96" at Paintsville, Kentucky.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Kearny, New Jersey.
The most snow reported on the ground was 78.0" at Soda Springs, California.