November 13, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 56º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 9 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.14" since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 20-25 mph and gusts to 45 mph.

The low today was 54ºF and the high was 71ºF. It was windy all day with mostly cloudy or cloudy skies.
   
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible after noon. There is a 70% chance of showers Monday night.
      
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 80% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 13th the low was 48º F, the high was 71º 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)    58ºF            38ºF
Record (KBWG)    80°F (1909)     13°F (1911)

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.

11/12/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Deer Lodge and Fairview. There were 233 reports from Tennessee.  
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Friendswood. There were 404 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Ann Arbor. There were 138 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.1" at Gaylord and Litchfield.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
So far 5953 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.57" at Ookala, Hawaii.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1   
             
The most new snow reported was 9.4" at Skagway, Alaska. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.