October 9, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 51º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.18 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 mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the east at around 5 mph.

The low today was 50ºF and the high was 73ºF.

Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 80's with mostly clear skies.
    
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50s and a high in the mid 70's with partly cloudy skies.                     

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 9th the low was 46º F, the high was 79º F, and no precipitation was recorded for the 24 hour period preceding 5:30 AM for this CoCoRaHS station.

Today's Normal and Record Temperatures (Bowling Green, KY airport)
                 High            Low
                 -------------   -------------    
Normal (KBWG)    73°F            48°F
Record (KBWG)    90°F (1928)     30°F (2000)

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.

10/8/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 212 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.94" at Wellington. There were 542 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 85 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 6272 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.07" at Hobe Sound, Florida.

Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 10
Nebraska - 9
Kansas - 2
     
The most new snow reported 12.0" at Cripple Creek, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.0" at Smoot, Wyoming.