February 28, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 2.21" of precipitation in the gauge at 8 PM. The 8:00 PM temperature was 40º F, there were a couple of stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was +0.10" since yesterday morning. (29.94 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Tonight
The forecast for tonight is for a low in the low 30's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 68ºF. There were storms sometime in the morning that produced most of the rain, though some fell as showers on 2/27.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 60's with clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 33º F, the high was 42º 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.

2/27/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.27" at Dickson. There were 282 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.03" at Gallatin and Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.09" at New Braunfels. There were 505 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.31" at Bay City. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.6" at Montague.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.06" at Stevensville. The most new snow was 0.8" at Stevensville.

So far 6473 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.26" at Sedona, Arizona.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 13.9" at Idyllwild, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 148.0" at Soda Springs, California.