February 21, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.03" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.16" since yesterday morning. (29.82 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's, a high in the upper 60's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-20 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers after noon, and a 70% chance of showers tonight before midnight.

The low today was 47ºF and the high was 66ºF. It was cloudy all day and it was raining at 6 PM.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies clearing to clear in the afternoon.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 43º F, the high was 66º 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.

2/20/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.35" at Linden. There were 229 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.07" at Bethpage.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.20" at Boerne, San Marcos, and Selma. There were 399 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.95" at Kalamazoo. There were 96 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 6.0" at Hastings.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5746 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.04" at New London, Iowa.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 14.9" at Idyllwild, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 137.0" at Soda Springs, California.