August 14, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.18" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 68º F, it was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.83 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 mid 80's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at 5-15 mph.

The low today was 64ºF and the high was 83ºF. There was a thundershower from about 5:10 AM until about 5:20 AM with 0.13" of rain. It was partly cloudy to mostly clear most of the morning and mostly clear or clear through the afternoon.
 
Monday
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.   
   
Tuesday
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 clear skies.              

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 14th the low was 72º 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.

8/13/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.02" at Memphis. There were 240 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Gallatin and Hendersonville.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.38" at Stephenville. There were 445 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.98" at Saginaw.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 3.02" at Muskegon. There were 126 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6433 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.02" at Sheyenne, North Dakota.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
Louisiana - 2
North Dakota - 2
South Carolina - 1
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.