March 5, 2011

Happy Birthday Richard !!!


Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.04" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 52º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy) it was raining, and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.07" since yesterday morning. (29.93 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers with thunderstorms possible during the day and a 70% chance of showers before midnight. Some rain may be heavy.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 55ºF. There were showers all day with most of the rain falling before 1 PM. At 1 PM there was 0.90" in the gauge, at 5 PM there was 0.98" in the gauge, and at 7 AM on 3/6 there was 1.23" in the gauge.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly cloudy skies.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 22º F, the high was 51º 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.

3/4/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.04" at Dickson. There were 241 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at The Woodlands. There were 447 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.39" at Paradise. There were 90 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.5" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6051 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.59" at Laie, Hawaii.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 7.8" at Red Lodge, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 136.0" at Soda Springs, California.