May 3, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.46" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 48º F, there were no stars visible (cloudy or mostly cloudy), it was raining with some thunder and lightning, 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 upper 40's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 1 PM, then showers are likely the rest of the afternoon.

The low today was 44ºF and the high was 59ºF. The rain ended by 10 AM and it was partly cloudy at 6 PM.

Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 60's with mostly clear skies.

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 60's with clear skies.      

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 58º F, the high was 76º F, and 6.93" 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.

5/2/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.24" at Bartlett. There were 320 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.68" at Westmoreland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.80" at Whitesboro. There were 549 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 2.53" at North Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.37" at Livonia. There were 124 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Buchannan and Niles.

So far 6882 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.08" at Holland, Indiana.

Reports of 4" or more:
Missouri - 6
Arkansas - 3
Indiana - 1
Tennessee - 1

The most new snow reported was 7.5" at Ouray, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 132.0" at Soda Springs, California.