September 20, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.16"  of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was cloudy with a light mist, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 70's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southeast at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of thunderstorms or showers.

The low today was 59ºF and the high was 77ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.16" of rain in the gauge from showers during the day.
            
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 80's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
    
Thursday
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 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.                  


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    80 °F           57 °F
Record (KBWG)    98 °F (1925)    40 °F (1903)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 60º 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.

9/19/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 6.62" at Milan. There were 277 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.18" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.23" at Anna. There were 772 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.35" at Bedford.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.31" at Cedarville. There were 160 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.78" at New Buffalo.

So far 7706 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.62" at Milan, Tennessee.

Reports of 4" or more:
Tennessee - 1
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.