March 7, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 37º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.95 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 low 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the east at around 5 mph.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 50ºF. It was mostly cloudy at 6 PM.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 80% chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm Tuesday night.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 80% chance of showers with a possible thunderstorm during the day and a 60% chance of showers Wednesday night.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 6th thru the 7th the low was 22º F, the high was 69º 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.

3/6/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.37" at Chattanooga. There were 300 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 0.3" at Maryville.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.47" at Portland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.44" at Dickinson. There were 440 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.68" at Canton. There were 89 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.0" at Ann Arbor.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.42" at New Buffalo. The most new snow reported was 2.0" at New Buffalo and Stevensville.

So far 6110 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.10" at Rosman, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 6
Georgia - 3
South Carolina - 3

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Livingston, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 135.0" at Soda Springs, California.