September 24, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.36" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 50º F, it was partly cloudy and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.02" since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.) 

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers in the morning tonight.

The low today was 49ºF and the high was 72ºF. It was partly cloudy all day.

Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 80's with cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible in the afternoon, then a 70% chance of showers Sunday night.
    
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 60s and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies.   There is a 50% chance of showers.                  


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    79°F            55°F
Record (KBWG)    96°F (1910)     33°F (1983)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 24th the low was 67º F, the high was 85º 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.

9/23/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 5.15" at Cleveland. There were 325 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.43" at Gallatin.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.54" at Eagle Pass. There were 519 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.08" at Eagle Mountain and Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.54" at Clinton. There were 138 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7534 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.67" at Rosman, North Carolina.

Reports of 4" or more:
Georgia - 6
North Carolina - 3
Tennessee - 3
Alabama - 1
Florida - 1
   
No new snow was reported. 
No snow was reported on the ground.