April 15, 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 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southeast at 15-25 mph and gusts up to 40 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers  or thunderstorms, some thunderstorms in the afternoon may be severe. There is an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight before midnight.

There appeared on radar to be some storms move through during the day, have seen no reports of major damage in Middle Tennessee.

Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies.      

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 53º F, the high was 81º 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.

4/14/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Pikeville. There were 250 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Washington. There were 461 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.03" at Freemont. There were 114 reports from Michigan.  
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Stevensville.

So far 6798 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.21" at East Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Reports of 4" or more:
Massachusetts - 2

The most new snow reported was 16.5" at Black Hawk, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 178.0" at Soda Springs, California.