September 25, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 57º F, it was partly cloudy and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.86 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 low 80's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southeast at 5-15 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms this afternoon and a near 100% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 56ºF and the high was 77ºF. It was partly cloudy most of the day. There was some rain overnight.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers in the morning, with a thunderstorm possible.
    
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50s and a high in the upper 70's with mostly clear.                    


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    78°F            55°F
Record (KBWG)    96°F (1931)     34°F (1987)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 25th the low was 59º F, the high was 74º F, and 0.24" of 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.

9/24/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.69" at Maryville. There were 325 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.36" at Westmoreland.  
    
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 400 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.87" at Mikado. There were 121 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.22" at Stevensville.

So far 6357 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.40" at Hazelton, Pennsylvania.

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