April 14, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was ?  precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was ?º F, there were ? stars visible (?), and winds were ?. The barometer reading was +?" since yesterday morning. (? inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
 Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southeast at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers tonight.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 60's with partly cloudy skies. There is an 20% chance of showers.     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 14th the low was 51º F, the high was 82º 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.

4/13/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.75" at Jamestown. There were 279 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.43" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Nederland. There were 431 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at Houghton and Ontonagon . There were 112 reports from Michigan.  
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6713 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.78" at Levittown, New York.

Reports of 4" or more:
none
The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Silver City, South Dakota.
The most snow reported on the ground was 179.0" at Soda Springs, California.