March 28, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.10" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. It was snowing and there was a trace of snow on the ground. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.87 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 mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of rain/sleet/snow before 7 AM.

The low today was 33ºF and the high was 53ºF. There was snow in the early morning, estimated to be about 0.1". There was 0.04" of melted precipitation in the gauge at 6 PM under clear skies.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of a rain after 1 PM. There is a near 100% chance of showers or thunderstorms overnight.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers before 1 PM.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 46º F, the high was 58º F, and 0.32" 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.

3/27/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.65" at Huntland. There were 302 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.48" at Gallatin.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.98" at Fredericksburg. There were 387 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at 6 locations. There were 92 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was a trace at 5 locations.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6036 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.30" at Blue Ridge, Georgia.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 8.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 192.0" at Kingvale, California. (Note: Soda Springs did not have a report.)