April 22, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 57º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.05" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and a 30% chance tonight.

The low today was 53ºF and the high was 82ºF. It was cloudy most of the morning with some light showers from the edge of storms that went north of us. The afternoon was partly cloudy and breezy.

Saturday
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 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 45º F, the high was 73º 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.

4/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.48" at Knoxville. There were 310 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.04" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.86" at Brackettville and De Kalb. There were 488 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.54" at Rendon.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.27" at Alpena and Paradise. There were 120 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.7" at Paradise.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.01" at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.

So far 7139 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.16" at Pontotoc, Mississippi.

Reports of 4" or more:
Arkansas - 1
Mississippi - 1

The most new snow reported was 6.6" at Red Feather, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 152.0" at Soda Springs, California.