July 27, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.89 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 clear skies. Winds will be from the south southeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 67ºF and the high was 95ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
   
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 90's with clear skies.  

Friday
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 clear skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 27th the low was 72º F, the high was 85º F, and 0.04" 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.

7/26/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.52" at Cumberland Gap. There were 267 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.99" at Cypress. There were 456 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.81" at Cheboygan. There were 105 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7322 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.09" at Long Beach, North Carolina.    

Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 9
Pennsylvania - 8
Louisiana - 1
Virginia - 1   
 
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.