August 11, 2011

Happy Birthday Travis!!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 65º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.09 since yesterday morning. (29.86 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 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 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 63ºF and the high was 85ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.  
 
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 80's with mostly clear skies. 
   
Saturday
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 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 73º F, the high was 90º F, and 0.01" 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.

8/10/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.09" at Huntland. There were 251 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Collinsville and El Paso. There were 454 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.02" at Northport. There were 129 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7341 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.66" at Lutz, Florida.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
Florida -12
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.