September 22, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01"  of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 58º F, it was clear or mostly clear and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (30.00 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 70's with increasingly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north at around 5 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 56ºF and the high was 81ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.
            
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.
    
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40s and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies.   There is a 20% chance of isolated showers.                  


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    79°F            56°F
Record (KBWG)    98°F (1931)     37°F (1983)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 67º F, the high was 86º 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.

9/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.69" at Adams. There were 321 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.43" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.25" at Harlingen. There were 514 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.64" at Paradise. There were 163 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7544 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.11" at Valley, Alabama.

Reports of 4" or more:
Alabama - 7
Georgia - 1
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.