January 5, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 23º F, there were lots of stars visible (mostly clear or clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.02" since yesterday morning. (29.97 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 20's, a high in the upper 30's, with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be calm. There is a 50% chance of scattered rain or snow showers in the afternoon with accumulation of less than 1/2 inches possible.

The low today was 23º F and the high was 38º F. It was cloudy most of the day with a snow flurry in the morning and a little sleet in the afternoon, no accumulation of either.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly clear skies. There is a 50% chance of snow showers Thursday night.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 30's with partly cloudy skies and a 30% chance of snow showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 12º F, the high was 26º F, and a trace of precipitation (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.

1/4/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cleveland. There were 255 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.45" at Beeville. There were 496 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.00" at Drummond. There were 104 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 6.3" at Wellstone.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6114 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.07" at Juneau, Alaska.

Reports of 4" or more:

none

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Crestline, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 107.0" at Soda Springs, California.