August 15, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.13" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º 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 low 60's and a high in the low 80's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the north at around 5 mph.

The low today was 60ºF and the high was 81ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.
 
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 80's with clear skies.   
   
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies.              

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 71º F, the high was 85º F, and 0.92" 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.

8/14/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.25" at Jefferson City. There were 256 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.31" at Westmoreland.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.65" at San Angelo. There were 436 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.36" at Watauga.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.95" at Grant. There were 139 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.11" at Niles.

So far 6591 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.72" at Richmond County, New York.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
New Jersey - 5
New York - 2
Delaware - 1
Pennsylvania - 1
South Carolina - 1
Texas - 1
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.