April 5, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 2.12" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, there were lots of stars visible (clear or mostly clear), and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.01" since yesterday morning. (29.75 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
 Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-15 mph and gusts up to 25 mph.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 54ºF. It was clear at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 70's with clear skies.

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 64º F, the high was 84º 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.

4/4/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.25" at Carthage (11 PM report). There were 259 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Portland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.93" at University Park. There were 521 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.58" at North Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.63" at Mount Pleasant. There were 126 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Houghton. 
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.17" at St. Joesph's.

So far 6876 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.72" at Horicon, Wisconsin.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 13.7" at Rye, Colorado.
The most snow reported on the ground was 75.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.