April 29, 2011

Happy Birthday Nancy!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 48º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 1-3 mph. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (29.88 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 mid 70's with clear skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 47ºF and the high was 75ºF. It was clear much of the morning and early afternoon, then partly cloudy until sunset.

Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 80's with clear skies.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 29th 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.

4/28/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 5.76" at Monteagle. There were 360 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.94" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Amarillo. There were 463 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 3.00" at Ann Arbor. There were 164 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.44" at Watervliet.

So far 7675 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.76" at Monteagle, Tennessee.

Reports of 4" or more:
Tennessee - 19
Mississippi - 3
Alabama - 1

The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Mellen, Wisconsin.
The most snow reported on the ground was 139.0" at Soda Springs, California.