August 18, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 65º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 64ºF and the high was 90ºF. I was mostly clear much of the day. In the late afternoon it clouded up and radar showed thunderstorms 20 - 30 miles north of us in Kentucky, but the faded out before getting this far and it became partly cloudy before dark.
           
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the low 90's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 1 PM.   
   
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 90's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.              

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 68º F, the high was 72º F, and 1.30" 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.

8/17/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.63" at Bartlett. There were 255 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.24" at Panhandle. There were 457 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.39" at Cadillac. There were 110 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7003 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.54" at Aberdeen, Florida.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
none
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.