March 22, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 60º F, there were lots of stars visible (partly cloudy or mostly clear), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.01 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 80's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 10-15 mph and gusts up to 30 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 4 AM tonight (3/23).

The low today was 59ºF and the high was 79ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 70's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 35º F, the high was 47º F, and 1.13" 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.

3/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage. There were 243 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Austin, Shallowater, and West Lake Hills. There were 457 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.35" at Plainwell. There were 123 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Paradise.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.53" at Watervliet.

So far 6455 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.50" at Thousand Oaks, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
California - 9

The most new snow reported was 25.0" at Wrightwood, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 194.0" at Soda Springs, California.