April 7, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 54º 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. (29.86 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 mid 70's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers after midnight.

The low today was 53ºF and the high was 76ºF. It was mostly cloudy at 6 PM.

Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 1 PM. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 AM friday night.

Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.    

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 7th the low was 64º F, the high was 75º 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.

4/6/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.11" at Washburn. There were 253 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Hallsville. There were 468 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.36" at Kalamazoo. There were 118 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 0.2" at Drummond and Watersmeet. 
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchannan, Niles and St. Joseph.

So far 6541 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.28" at Crystal River, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 6.0" at Lake Placid, New York.
The most snow reported on the ground was 71.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.