August 29, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was mostly clear or clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.86 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 upper 80's with clear skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph.

The low today was 58ºF and the high was 86ºF. It was clear at 6 PM.
           
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 90's with clear skies.
   
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 60s and a high in the low 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 29th the low was 66º F, the high was 84º 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.

8/28/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 228 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.07" at Brownsville. There were 382 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.03" at Belleville. There were 97 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Niles.

So far 6057 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 11.55" at Denton, Maryland.      

Reports of 4" or more (Hurricane Irene): 
New Jersey - 151
Maryland - 68
Pennsylvania - 47
Virginia - 26
North Carolina - 18
Delaware - 17
New York - 13
Connecticut - 6
Massachusetts - 3
Vermont - 1

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