March 3, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 39º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.01" since yesterday morning. (30.02 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southeast at 5-15 mph.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 69ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms during the day and a 80% chance Friday night.

Sabbath
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers or thunderstorms during the day and a 60% chance of showers overnight.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 29º F, the high was 38º F, and 0.02" 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.

3/2/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Clarksville, Oak Grove, Pikeville, and Shelbyville. There were 246 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Corpus Christi. There were 428 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.10" at Chatham. There were 88 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.4" at Chatham.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 5996 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.30" at American Canyon, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Leavenworth, Washington.
The most snow reported on the ground was 138.0" at Soda Springs, California.