May 30, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (30.04 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 67ºF and the high was 92ºF. It was clear all day.
    
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.    

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 30th the low was 64º F, the high was 80º F, and 0.01" 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.

5/29/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Johnson City. There were 227 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 376 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.04" at Buchanan. There were 124 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.04" at Buchanan.

So far 6330 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.25" at St Charles, Illinois.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 6.0" at Kingvale, California and Kemmerer, Wyoming. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 92.0" at Kingvale, California.