June 22, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.66" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was mostly cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the north. 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 5-15 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 67ºF and the high was 78ºF. It was cloudy most of the day with a couple of light showers/heavy sprinkles and a brief glimpse of the sun in the afternoon.
    
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 69º F, the high was 89º 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.

6/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.07" at Portland (5 PM report). There were 261 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.07" at Portland.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.65" at Coppell. There were 537 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 2.65" at Keller.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.93" at White Cloud. There were 146 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.54" at Niles.

So far 7770 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.25" at Hershey, Nebraska.

Reports of 4" or more:
South Dakota - 8
Nebraska - 4

No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 65.0" at Soda Springs, California.