October 26, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were 5 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was -0.20" since yesterday morning. (29.89 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 upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 5-15 mph. There is an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight, mainly after 1 AM.

The low today was 53ºF and the high was 75ºF. It was mostly cloudy at 6 PM.

Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers during the day and a 30% chance of showers during the night before 1 AM.
      
Friday
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 clear skies.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 26th the low was 52º F, the high was 77º F, and 0.09" of 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)    66°F            42°F
Record (KBWG)    85°F (1919)     27°F (1962)

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.

10/25/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Dunlap. There were 247 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at El Paso and Victoria. There were 484 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.50" at Traverse City. There were 137 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6893 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.74" at Papaikou, Hawaii.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none
        
The most new snow reported was 1.0" at Cody, Wyoming. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 1.0" at Cody, Wyoming.