February 23, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.14" since yesterday morning. (29.96 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 upper 50's, with clear skies. Winds will be from the east at around 5 mph. There is a 80% chance of showers overnight with a possible thunderstorm after midnight.

The low today was 27ºF and the high was 54ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a near 100% chance of showers or thunderstorms with some possibly sever thunderstorms with heavy rainfall.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies and a 40% chance of showers.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 32º F, the high was 37º F, and 0.01" 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.

2/22/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.92" at Bell Meade. There were 302 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.36" at Hendersonville.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Beeville, Cuero, and Halletsville. There were 459 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.37" at Dowagiac. There were 89 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.0" at Bronson.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.29" at Buchanan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Buchanan.

So far 6072 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.49" at Wyoming, Ohio.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 11.7" at Westmont, Pennsylvainia.
The most snow reported on the ground was 132.0" at Soda Springs, California.