September 26, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.48" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 60º F, it was cloudy with rain, and winds were from the north at 2 mph. The barometer reading was -0.18" since yesterday morning. (29.68 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 low 70's with cloudy skies clearing to partly cloudy in the afternoon. Winds will be from the west northwest at 10-15 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers or thunderstorms this morning, mainly before 7 AM.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 72ºF. It was clear at 6 PM and there was 1.08" of rain in the gauge from morning rain.

Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies.
    
Wednesday
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 skies. There is a 20% chance of showers.                    


Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    78°F            54°F
Record (KBWG)    93°F (1923)     34°F (2001)

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 54º F, the high was 69º 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.

9/25/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.11" at Erwin. There were 277 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage and Portland.  
    
No precipitation was reported in Texas. There were 453 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.06" at Paw Paw. There were 124 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.54" at Niles.

So far 6959 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.57" at Foscoe, North Carolina.

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