March 10, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.45" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.84 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 10-15 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers today and a 20% chance of showers before midnight and a 20% chance of snow after midnight.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 44ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies clearing to mostly clear.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 50º F, the high was 69º F, and 0.03" 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.

3/9/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.88" at Rockwood. There were 339 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.19" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.61" at Naples. There were 477 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Hurst.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.58" at Grand Junction. There were 97 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.5" at White Cloud.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.34" at Stevensville.

So far 6724 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.00" at Meridian, Mississippi.

Reports of 4" or more:
Mississippi - 12
Alabama - 7
Louisiana - 3

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Arnold, Kansas.
The most snow reported on the ground was 129.0" at Soda Springs, California.