May 10, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 65º F, it was mostly clear or partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.97 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 80's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 64ºF and the high was 88ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.  

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 80's with mostly clear skies. 

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 42º F, the high was 56º 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.

5/9/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.15" at Sevierville. There were 241 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.41" at Del Rio. There were 458 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Livonia. There were 114 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6586 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.27" at Reliance, South Dakota.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 1.5" at Flora, Oregon, Kingvale, California, and Reno, Nevada. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 114.0" at Soda Springs, California.