October 18, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 51º F, it was partly cloudy or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.24" since yesterday morning. (29.62 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)  

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and a 90% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 76ºF. There was a brief thunderstorm during the day and the sky was mostly cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.23" in the gauge.
    
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers.
    
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 52º F, the high was 78º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:00 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    69°F            45°F
Record (KBWG)    88°F (1963)     27°F (1948)

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.

10/17/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookville and Henderson. There were 232 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Chappell Hill. There were 473 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.67" at Paradise. There were 115 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.19" at Buchanan and Niles.

So far 6909 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.63" at Big Coppitt Key, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 5
     
The most new snow reported was 3.6" at Breckenridge, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 3.5" at Breckenridge, Colorado.