November 17, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.45" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, it was mostly clear or partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.38" since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies clearing to clear skies during the morning. Winds will be from the north northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 27ºF and the high was 47ºF. It was clear at 6 PM.
   
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.
      
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 60's with mostly clear skies.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 36º F, the high was 51º F, and 1.14" 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)    57ºF            37ºF
Record (KBWG)    80°F (1958)     11°F (1901)

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.

11/16/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 4.39" at Dover. There were 329 reports from Tennessee.  
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.93" at Portland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.71" at McQueeney. There were 727 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.24" at Southlake.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.35" at Houghton. There were 120 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.0" at Houghton.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 7316 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.76" at Carlisle, Arkansas.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Arkansas - 8
Tennessee - 3
Louisiana - 1
Texas - 1   
             
The most new snow reported was 7.0" at Kaycee, Wyoming. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 15.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.