March 9, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.79" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 51º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy), it was raining, and winds were estimated to 4-7 mph with stronger gusts. The barometer reading was -0.11" since yesterday morning. (29.84 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-15 mph. There is a 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and a 30% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 44ºF and the high was 62ºF. A shower was ending at 6 PM with skies still cloudy.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers during the day and a 20% chance of showers Thursday night.

Friday
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 clear skies.

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 9th the low was 48º F, the high was 65º 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.

3/8/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.43" at Lafayette. There were 256 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.23" at Iola. There were 487 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Bedford, Benbrook, Fort Worth, Mansfield, and North Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.09" at Alpena. There were 88 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.3" at Watersmeet.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6393 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.75" at Pepeekeo, Hawaii.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 16.0" at Cottonwood Heights, Utah.
The most snow reported on the ground was 132.0" at Soda Springs, California.