February 25, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 2.99" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 44º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy), a light mist was falling, and winds were estimated to be 13-18 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.32" since yesterday morning. (29.59 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's, a high in the upper 50's, with cloudy skies clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds will be from the northwest at 10-20 mph in the morning and from the north at 5-10 mph in the afternoon.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 57ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM.

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

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 25th the low was 22º F, the high was 36º F, and 0.01" of precipitation (0.1" of 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.

2/24/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.52" at Lafayette (11:59 report). There were 325 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 2.78" at Portland (5 PM report.)

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.70" at Red Oak. There were 507 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.38" at Middleville. There were 105 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.0" at Hastings.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.26" at Niles. The most new snow was 0.4" at Niles.

So far 6276 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.40" at Gracey, Kentucky.

Reports of 4" or more:
Kentucky - 1

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Mount Vernon, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 124.0" at Soda Springs, California.