January 30, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05 since yesterday morning. (29.87 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the mid 50's, with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of rain tonight.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 62ºF. It was partly cloudy at 1 PM and 5 PM.

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

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of rain with a thunderstorm possible.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 30th the low was 16º F, the high was 27º F, and 0.67" of precipitation and 6.2" of snow 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.

1/29/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Shelbyville. There were 196 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 393 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.40" at Saginaw. There were 94 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 8.7" at Traverse City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville. The most new snow was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.

So far 5133 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.22" at North Bend, Washington.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 8.7" at Traverse City, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 78.0" at Soda Springs, California.