June 9, 2011

Happy Birthday Eric!!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 69º F, it was clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.08 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 mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 68ºF and the high was 91ºF. It was clear through the morning, then partly cloudy until around 6 PM when it became mostly cloudy because of a thunderstorm that was 10-15 miles north-northwest of us. We did not receive any rain.
    
Friday
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 isolated showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM.

Saturday
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 partly clear skies. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.      

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 9th the low was 68º F, the high was 79º 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.

6/8/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.24" at Gray. There were 272 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.27" at El Campo. There were 583 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.42" at Boyne City. There were 153 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7730 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.50" at Jayess, Mississippi.

Reports of 4" or more:
none

No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 96.0" at Soda Springs, California.