February 10, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.16" of precipitation in the gauge this morning from 1.7" of new snow. There was about 2.5" of snow on the ground this morning(core 0.31"). The 5:00 AM temperature was 10º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03 since yesterday morning. (29.99) inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper single digits, a high in the mid 20's, with clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 6ºF and the high was 28ºF. It was clear all day.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper single digits and a high in the upper 30's with clear skies.

Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 17º F, the high was 31º F, and 0.33" of precipitation (1.2" 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.

2/9/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.16" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 260 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Medina (5:25 PM report).
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.69" at Bayou Vista. There were 597 reports from Texas. The most new snow was 8.0" at Panhandle.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.48" at Fort Worth. The most new snow was 0.8" at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.27" at Paradise. There were 98 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 7.0" at Paradise.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.04" Niles. The most new snow was 1.2" at Niles.

So far 6359 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.63" at Enid, Oklahoma.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 19.0" at Decatur, Arkansas.
The most snow reported on the ground was 72.0" at Soda Springs, California.