February 24, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.59" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 51º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy), rain was falling with lightning and thunder, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.05" since yesterday morning. (29.91 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's, a high in the low 60's, with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers with possible thunderstorms today and a near 100% chance of showers and thunderstorms with hail, heavy rains, high winds, and tornado's possible.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 64ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM. The leading edge of the storm system arrived at around 9:30 PM and the intense part of the storm system passed through at around 10:30 PM. There were high winds and a brief period of heavy rain, but no damage in our immediate area.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly cloudy skies in the morning clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon.

Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 24th the low was 25º F, the high was 34º F, and a trace of precipitation (snow) 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.

2/23/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.05" at Monterey. There were 253 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.20" at Andice. There were 500 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Fort Worth and Watauga.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.15" at Niles. There were 94 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.1" at Western Michigan University.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.15" at Niles. The most new snow was 0.7" at Buchanan.

So far 5912 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.95" at Waldron, Indiana.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Oak Harbor, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 131.0" at Soda Springs, California.