July 5, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.24" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was ?" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 upper 80's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 66ºF and the high was 90ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM. There was 0.01" of rain in the gauge from a shower sometime during the day. There were thunderstorms in the area between 7 PM and 9 PM, but no rain here.
    
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the upper 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms. 

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

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 67º 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.

7/4/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.98" at Clarksville. There were 227 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.62" at Brownsville. There were 429 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.06" at Newport. There were 105 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6219 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.46" at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. 

Reports of 4" or more:
Missouri - 1 

No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 38.0" at Soda Springs, California.