September 15, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.53" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was cloudy with light rain, and winds were from the east at 4 mph. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.) 

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northeast at 10-15 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers before 10 AM.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 68ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
           
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 70's with mostly clear skies.
    
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40s and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies.                     


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                               High               Low
Normal (KBWG)    81 °F              59 °F
Record (KBWG)  102 °F (1927)   39 °F (1902)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 63º 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.

9/14/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.19" at Lafayette. There were 248 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.45" at Stratford. There were 479 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at Arlington and Hurst.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.24" at Buchanan. There were 121 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.24" at Buchanan.

So far 7065 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.25" at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Reports of 4" or more:
none
 
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.