May 14, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.38" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was cloudy, and winds were estimated to be 4-7 mph. The barometer reading was -0.11" since yesterday morning. (29.85 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 10-15 mph and gusts to 20 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 54ºF and the high was 70ºF. It was mostly cloudy much of the day. There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge at 1 PM from morning showers. 

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

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers.   

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 14th the low was 64º F, the high was 78º F, and 0.02" of 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.

5/13/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.32" at Belle Meade. There were 291 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.93" at Bethpage.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.60" at Elgin. There were 741 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.09" at Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 3.73" at Middleville. There were 151 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.40" at Buchanan.

So far 7566 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.01" at Grand Island, Nebraska.

Reports of 4" or more:
Nebraska - 1

The most new snow reported was 4.0" at Gold Hill, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 59.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.