April 18, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, there were a few stars visible (mostly cloudy or partly cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 8-12 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.83 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 upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 54ºF and the high was 76ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM and a 60% chance after 1 AM on Tuesday night.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms during the day.     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 36º F, the high was 64º F, and 0.05" of 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.

4/17/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.23" at Monterey. There were 244 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Hendersonville.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 357 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.95" at Drummond. There were 119 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.0" at Houghton .
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.33" at Niles. The most new snow reported was a trace at Buchanan, Stevensville, and Niles.

So far 6041 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.51" at Nanuet, New York.

Reports of 4" or more:
Pennsylvania - 3
Maryland - 1
New Jersey - 1
New York - 1

The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Houghton, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 65.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.