March 24, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.21" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.79 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 40's with clear skies through mid morning, then increasing clouds through the rest of the day. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph and gusts up to 30 mph.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 52ºF. 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 low 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers Friday afternoon and a 50% chance of showers Friday night.

Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers through Saturday night.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 24th the low was 41º F, the high was 70º 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.

3/23/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.30" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 235 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Georgetown, Leakey, and Van Alstyne. There were 434 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.14" at Fremont. There were 119 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 10.5" at Traverse City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.50" at Watervliet.

So far 6360 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.32" at Claremont, South Dakota.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 15.4" at Cecil, Wisconsin.
The most snow reported on the ground was 209.0" at Soda Springs, California.