February 19, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.15"of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, there were a few stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (29.99 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's, a high in the upper 50's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 55ºF. It was cloudy or mostly cloudy all day.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers overnight.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers during the day and a 60% chance Monday night.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 22º F, the high was 50º 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.

2/18/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.07" at Lafayette. There were 247 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.07" at Medina. There were 480 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.22" at Scottville. There were 92 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5882 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.35" at Lockwood, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 25.0" at Volcano, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 128.0" at Soda Springs, California.