February 22, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.35" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 43º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. A light mist was falling. The barometer reading was -0.02" since yesterday morning. (29.82 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's, a high in the upper 40's, with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10.

The low today was 31ºF and the high was 47ºF. It was clear at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly clear skies. Wednesday night there will be increasing clouds and a 50% chance of showers.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies and a 70% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 36º F, the high was 50º F, and 0.31" of 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.

2/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.30" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 237 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.03" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.05" at Kendalia and Sanderson. There were 432 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.53" at Okemos. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 15.5" at Linden.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.72" at Watervliet.

So far 5976 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.53" at Okemos, Michigan.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 18.0" at Faith, South Dakota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 136.0" at Soda Springs, California.