September 23, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 57º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy and winds were from the south  at 1 mph. 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 upper 50's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies becoming mostly clear. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers in the morning.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 69ºF. There were showers in the morning and it was clear at 6 PM with 0.36" of rain in the gauge.

Saturday
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. There is a 30% chance of showers Saturday night.
    
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50s and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies.   There is a 50% chance of scattered showers.                  


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    79°F            55°F
Record (KBWG)    95°F (1910)     37°F (1918)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 66º 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.

9/22/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.70" at Oak Grove. There were 280 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.03" at Gallatin.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.85" at Vanderpool. There were 569 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.04" at Beaver Island. There were 136 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7613 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.32" at Baldwin, Georgia.

Reports of 4" or more:
Georgia - 2
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.