November 15, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.25" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 57º F, it was cloudy with a sprinkle, and winds were 2 mph from the north. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.77 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 mid 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 5 mph. There is a 100% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 55ºF and the high was 66ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.75" of rain in the gauge.
   
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies clearing to partly cloudy Wednesday night. There is an 80% chance of showers before noon.
      
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the ,ow 30's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 15th the low was 24º F, the high was 47º 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            37ºF
Record (KBWG)    80°F (1931)      9°F (1883)

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.

11/14/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Dunlap, Fayetteville, McMinnville, and Pikeville. There were 257 reports from Tennessee.  
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.14" at South Houston. There were 514 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.74" at Reed City. There were 123 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 6836 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.77" at Anderson, Indiana.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 11.0" at Marion, Montana. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 15.0" at Smoot, Wyoming.