March 12, 2011

Happy Sabbath!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 45º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.92 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-15 mph.

The low today was 43ºF and the high was 68ºF. It was clear or mostly clear all day.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers during the day and a 30% chance of showers before midnight.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 12th the low was 46º F, the high was 57º F, and 0.17" 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.

3/11/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.18" at Sevierville. There were 266 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 2.8" at Erwin.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.12" at Westmoreland.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 420 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.45" at St. Clair. There were 96 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.2" at St. Clair.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Stevensville and Watervliet. The most new snow was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.

So far 6247 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.06" at West Milford Twp, New Jersey.

Reports of 4" or more:
New Jersey - 8
New York - 1

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Painsville, Ohio.
The most snow reported on the ground was 128.0" at Soda Springs, California.