February 12, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was about 1.0" of snow on the ground this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 29º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.99) inches Hg on non calibrated barometer).

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's, a high in the mid 40's, with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 26ºF and the high was 46ºF. It was clear at 8:30 AM, mostly clear at 1:30 and 5:30 PM.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 12th the low was 20º F, the high was 54º 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.

2/11/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.18" at Springfield. There were 233 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow reported was 0.1" at McMinnville.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.04" at Kingsville. There were 458 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.05" at Walkerville and White Cloud. There were 96 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Walker.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5711 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.83" at Vero Beach South, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 15.0" at Oswego, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 69.0" at Soda Springs, California.