August 31, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 67º F, it was mostly clear or clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 60's and a high in the mid 90's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the east at around 5 mph.

The low today was 63ºF and the high was 93ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
           
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 70's and a high in the mid 90's with mostly clear skies.
   
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 70s and a high in the mid 90's with mostly clear skies.                  

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 31st the low was 62º F, the high was 82º 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.

8/30/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 264 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.69" at Sanger. There were 547 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.11" at Benbrook.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.06" at Paradise. There were 123 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 8016 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.90" at Bladen, Nebraska.      

Reports of 4" or more: 
none

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