May 6, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 51º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.07 since yesterday morning. (29.99 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 upper 60's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers before 1 PM.

The low today was 48ºF and the high was 71ºF. It was partly cloudy most of the day with some periods of mostly clear and clear.

Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly clear skies.   

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 6th the low was 62º F, the high was 79º 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.

5/5/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.07" at Smithville. There were 280 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at The Colony. There were 461 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Livonia. There were 120 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6928 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.32" at  Pepeekeo, Hawaii.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

The most new snow reported was 0.4" at Cheyenne, Wyoming. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 124.0" at Soda Springs, California.