March 30, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.76" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy), a light rain was falling, and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.82 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 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north at 5-10 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers today with a thunderstorm possible before 7 AM.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 41ºF. It was cloudy at 7 PM.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of a rain Thursday night.

Friday
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 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 30th the low was 35º F, the high was 64º 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.

3/29/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.54" at Lafayette. There were 259 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 0.1" at Westmoreland.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.04" at Westmoreland. the most new snow was 0.1" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.19" at Kyle. There were 516 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at several locations.

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 97 reports from Michigan. 
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6618 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.24" at Dade City, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 13

The most new snow reported was 12.0" at Parker, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 90.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.