August 21, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.07" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 70º F, it was cloudy and raining, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the low 90's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 68ºF and the high was 91ºF. It was raining at 6 AM and it was mostly clear at 10:30 PM. There was 0.37" of rain in the gauge at 10:30 PM.
           
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the low 90's with partly cloudy skies.
     
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the upper 80's with partly cloudy skies.               

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 70º F, the high was 83º 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.

8/20/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.44" at Brydstown. There were 284 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.57" at Mount Pleasant. There were 502 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.00" at Fennville. There were 126 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.18" at Buchannan.

So far 7583 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.56" at The Villages, Florida.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
North Carolina - 4
Florida - 3
Arkansas - 1

       
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.