November 14, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 62º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 7 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 10-20 mph and gusts to 30 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms today and  an 80% chance of showers tonight with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 61ºF and the high was 74ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
   
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible during the day and a 90% chance of showers Tuesday night.
      
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers before noon.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 14th the low was 33º F, the high was 55º F, and 0.10" 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)    58ºF            38ºF
Record (KBWG)    80°F (1964)     15°F (1986)

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.

11/13/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Ardmore. There were 219 reports from Tennessee.  
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Bunker Hill Village and Cypress. There were 396 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Boyne City. There were 102 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 5790 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.68" at Jamul, California and North Bend, Washington.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 14.5" at Thayne, Wyoming. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.