June 18, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.03" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 69º F, it was mostly cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the west. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.98 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 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 5-10 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms, some thunderstorms may be severe.

The low today was 67ºF and the high was 76ºF.  Thunderstorms came through around 8 AM. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.
    
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 90's with clear skies.        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 69º F, the high was 86º F, and a trace 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.

6/17/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.95" at Ripley. There were 321 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.04" at Gallatin.

No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 494 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.08" at Durand. There were 148 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.08" at Buchanan.

So far 7716 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.95" at Ripley, Tennessee.

Reports of 4" or more:
Tennessee - 2

The most new snow reported was 0.5" at Dubois, Wyoming. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 70.0" at Soda Springs, California.