March 29, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, there were several stars visible (partly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.04" since yesterday morning. (29.91 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 upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers after 1 PM and a near 100% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 62ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of a rain before 1 PM.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 29th the low was 36º F, the high was 59º F, and 0.20" 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.

3/28/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.22" at Pulaski. There were 322 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.48" at Portland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.12" at Van Alstyne. There were 471 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Benbrook.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at 4 locations. There were 94 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was a trace at 4 locations.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6778 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.18" at Tybee Island, Georgia.

Reports of 4" or more:
Georgia - 1

The most new snow reported was 18.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 91.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.