March 26, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.16" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.86 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

 Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph. There is a 60% chance showers or thunderstorms today and a near 100% chance of showers tonight. The low today was 38ºF and the high was 51ºF. No stars were visible (cloudy) at 8 PM.

Sunday The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 40's with cloudy skies.

Monday The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 35º F, the high was 53º F, and 0.64" 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.

3/25/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.17" at Lafayette. There were 250 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.04" at Snyder. 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 0.02" at Utica. There were 103 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.2" at Ellsworth.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6266 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.71" at Forestville, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
 none

The most new snow reported was 37.0" at Kingvale, California. The most snow reported on the ground was 193.0" at Kingvale, California. (Note: Soda Springs did not have a report.)