February 20, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 46º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday morning. (29.98 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's, a high in the upper 60's, with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers before noon, and a 20% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 41ºF and the high was 70ºF. There was a light shower before 8 AM and it was cloudy or mostly cloudy all day.

Monday
The forecast for 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 in the afternoon and a 70% chance of showers Monday night.

Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 30º F, the high was 61º 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.

2/19/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.32" at Brentwood. There were 248 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.17" at Bethpage.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.46" at Kyle. There were 405 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.15" at Paradise. There were 86 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5297 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.45" at Jamul, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Kingvale, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 136.0" at Soda Springs, California.