April 19, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, there were no stars visible (mostly cloudy or cloudy), and winds were estimated to be 13-18 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 mid 60's and a high in the low 80's with cloudy skies becoming mostly clear. Winds will be from the southwest at 10-15 mph and gusts up to 40 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 7 AM, then a 90% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight after 1 AM. Some thunderstorms may be severe.

The low today was 66ºF and the high was 86ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM. A line of thunderstorms came through at about 1:55 AM on 4/20 with some lightning and strong winds. No damage was observed.

Wednesday
The forecast for 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 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms and a 30% chance Wednesday night.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 41º F, the high was 66º 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.

4/18/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Rutledge. There were 256 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Cibolo. There were 452 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.56" at Niles. There were 111 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Kalamazoo .
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.56" at Niles. The most new snow reported was 1.5" at St. Joseph.

So far 6658 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.54" at Bridgeville, California.

Reports of 4" or more:
none
The most new snow reported was 6.0" at Rochert, Minnesota and Smoot, Wyoming.
The most snow reported on the ground was 160.0" at Soda Springs, California.