July 11, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 74º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 70's and a high in the upper 90's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 74ºF and the high was 96ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 70's and a high in the upper 90's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms after noon.   

Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 70's and a high in the mid 90's with mostly cloudy skies.  There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 11th the low was 64º F, the high was 87º 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.

7/10/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1,25" at Whitwell. There were 239 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.22" at Corpus Christi. There were 406 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at North Richland Hills.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.37" at Paradise. There were 114 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6363 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.48" at Summerville, South Carolina.   

Reports of 4" or more:
South Carolina - 1 

No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 30.0" at Soda Springs, California.