March 25, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 38º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.10" since yesterday morning. (29.89 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 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of after 1 PM and a 60% chance of showers after 1 AM on Saturday morning.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 45ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and 0.16" of rain was in the gauge.

Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms through Saturday night.

Sunday
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 mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers before 1 PM.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 25th the low was 44º F, the high was 58º 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.

3/24/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.67" at Bristol. There were 301 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.93" at Gallatin.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Brenham. There were 440 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.65" at Midland. There were 104 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 7.2" at Lake City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville. The most new snow was 0.3" at Niles.

So far 6616 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.34" at Shelter Cove, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 20.0" at Kingvale and Soda Springs, California.
The most snow reported on the ground was 214.0" at Soda Springs, California. (Kingvale has 168" on the ground.)