January 31, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.02 since yesterday morning. (29.89) 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 low 50's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of rain today and a 50% chance of rain tonight.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 52ºF. There were no stars visible at 6 PM.

Tuesday
The forecast for 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 and a chance of a thunderstorm. Overnight there is a near 100% chance of rain changing to snow around 5 AM on Wednesday.

Wednesday
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 mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of snow in the morning.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 31st the low was 5º F, the high was 37º F, and 0.01" of precipitation and 0.1" 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.

1/30/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 204 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0,20" at Rockport. There were 424 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Azle.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.11" at Holland. There were 95 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 3.2" at Chatham and Houghton.
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 5416 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.70" at Shelter Cove, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 13.0" at Kingvale, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 86.0" at Soda Springs, California.