August 2, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no 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 -0.08" since yesterday morning. (29.89 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 90's with clear skies. Winds will be from the west at around 5 mph.

The low today was 64ºF and the high was 96ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.  
 
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the upper 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.   

Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 70's and a high in the mid 90's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 2nd the low was 69º F, the high was 88º 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.

8/1/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.54" at Brentwood. There were 258 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.33" at Gallatin.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.07" at Marshall. There were 493 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.46" at Midland. There were 122 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7295 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.35" at Wadesboro, North Carolina.    

Reports of 4" or more: 
North Carolina - 2
Florida - 1
    
No new snow was reported. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Soda Springs, California.