March 2, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 33º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.02" since yesterday morning. (30.01 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 60's with clear skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 31ºF and the high was 61ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

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

Friday
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 rain during the day and a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms overnight.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 2nd the low was 34º F, the high was 44º 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.

3/1/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.93" at Karns. There were 309 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 2.40" at Hendersonville.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.03" at Corpus Christi. There were 441 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Paradise. There were 93 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.0" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6405 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.93" at Karns, Tennessee.

Reports of 4" or more:
Tennessee - 1

The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Moscow, Idaho and Timber, Oregon.
The most snow reported on the ground was 82.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.