April 20, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.31" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 60º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy), a light rain was falling, and winds were estimated to be 13-18 mph. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.86 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
 Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west at 10-20 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 73ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

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

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies becoming partly cloudy. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 47º F, the high was 65º 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.

4/19/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Greenbrier. There were 268 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 467 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.65" at Hastings. There were 125 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.5" at Bloomfield Township.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.28" at Buchanan. The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Stevensville.

So far 7458 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.63" at Kettering, Ohio.

Reports of 4" or more:
none
The most new snow reported was 11.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 158.0" at Soda Springs, California.