May 17, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 47º F, it was cloudy, 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 upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers during the day.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 59ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM.  

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.

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.    

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 61º F, the high was 74º F, and 0.96" 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.

5/16/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.34" at Bristol. There were 294 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.10" at Portland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.09" at El Cenizo. There were 479 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.30" at Clinton. There were 136 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.30" at Stevensville.

So far 7128 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.23" at Martins Creek, Pennsylvania.

Reports of 4" or more:
None

The most new snow reported was 7.5" at Tahoma, California. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 118.0" at Soda Springs, California.