April 2, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 46º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.04" since yesterday morning. (29.75 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 60's with clear skies. Winds will be from the west at 5-15 mph.

The low today was 44ºF and the high was 64ºF. It was clear at 8 AM, mostly clear at 12:30 PM, and mostly clear to clear the rest of the afternoon.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers after 1 AM.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms during the day and a 50% chance of showers Monday night. 

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 2nd the low was 58º F, the high was 83º 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.

4/1/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.22" at Dickson. There were 265 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Hendersonville.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at six locations. There were 424 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at Grand Junction. There were 102 reports from Michigan.  
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6477 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.59" at Palm Harbor, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 41

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Greenville and Northwood, New Hampshire and Lebanon, Maine.
The most snow reported on the ground was 78.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.