March 27, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.35" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.08" since yesterday morning. (29.78 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 upper 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 10 mph. There is a 60% chance of rain before 4 AM on 3/28, then rain and sleet.

The low today was 33ºF and the high was 43ºF. It was cloudy all day.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies. There is a 30% chance of a rain/sleet mix before 7 AM.
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM and a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms Tuesday night.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 31º F, the high was 68º 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.

3/26/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.21" at Fayettevile. There were 271 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.16" at Westmoreland.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 367 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.01" at Chatham. There were 95 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.4" at Chatham.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5850 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.95" at New Albany, Mississippi.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 7.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 90.5" at Tahoma, California. (Note: Soda Springs and Kingvale did not have reports.)