September 4, 2011

Happy Birthday Everett!!!

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 70º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.83 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 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 5 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and an 80% chance of rain tonight with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 68ºF and the high was 82ºF.  It was cloudy with light rain at 8 PM.
           
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 70's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or with a thunderstorm possible.
   
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50s and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies.  There is a 50% chance of showers.                

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 4th the low was 52º F, the high was 73º F, and a trace 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.

9/3/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.55" at Sparta. There were 231 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.31" at Beaumont. There were 386 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.35" at White Cloud. There were 93 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Watervliet.

So far 5993 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.31" at Marrero, Louisiana.

Reports of 4" or more: 
Louisiana - 24
Mississippi - 8
Alabama - 6
       
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.