September 17, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 56º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.15 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.) 

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers.

The low today was 55ºF and the high was 77ºF.  It was mostly clear through the afternoon.
            
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 80's with cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
    
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60s and a high in the upper 70's with cloudy skies.   There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.                  


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                               High               Low
Normal (KBWG)    81 °F              58 °F
Record (KBWG)  101 °F (1931)   38 °F (1916)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 61º F, the high was 76º 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.

9/16/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.50" at Pulaski. There were 269 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.51" at Shavano Park. There were 586 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.91" at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.29" at White Lake. There were 115 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan.

So far 8217 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.61" at Raleigh, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 3
Florida - 1
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.