October 19, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.31" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 44º F, it was cloudy with a light mist, and winds were 1 mph from the northeast. The barometer reading was -0.15" since yesterday morning. (29.47 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)  

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west northwest at 5-15 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers today and a 80% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 42ºF and the high was 47ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM with a light rain falling and 0.07" in the gauge.
    
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.
    
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 50's with clear skies.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 49º F, the high was 61º 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            44°F
Record (KBWG)    89°F (2005)     28°F (1895)

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.

10/18/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.03" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 252 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.61" at Mesquite. There were 515 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.15" at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.35" at Paradise. There were 108 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7189 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.55" at Latham, Illinois.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 3
Illinois - 1
     
The most new snow reported was 1.0" at Crested Butte, Doyleville, and Leadville, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 0.8" at Fairplay, Colorado.