August 13, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 66º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.92 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 low 90's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west at 5-10 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon.

The low today was 65ºF and the high was 92ºF. It was partly cloudy at 1 PM. It was partly cloudy most of the afternoon until around 6 PM when it was mostly cloudy or cloudy until 8 PM. There was a brief thundershower between 7 PM and 7:30 PM with 0.18" of rain.
 
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms. 
   
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly clear skies.              

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 13th the low was 69º F, the high was 91º 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.

8/12/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.41" at Huntland. There were 253 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.67" at Del Rio. There were 546 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at Fort Worth.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.07" at Chatham. There were 118 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7057 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.67" at Del Rio, Texas.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
Texas - 3 (all Del Rio)
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.