May 13, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.21" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.96 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms.  

The low today was 59ºF and the high was 74ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.34" of rain in the gauge from earlier in the day. There was a little rain in the evening around 9 PM, but no thunder or lightning.

Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.   

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 13th the low was 65º F, the high was 80º 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.

5/12/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.50" at Mount Juliet. There were 263 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.81" at Kempner. There were 713 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.21" at Blue Mound.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.84" at Scottville. There were 168 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.74" at Stevensville.

So far 8087 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.81" at Kempner, Texas.

Reports of 4" or more:
Texas - 2

The most new snow reported was 11.5" at Golden, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 61.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.