November 18, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 27º F, it was clear with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.19" since yesterday morning. (30.27 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 24ºF and the high was 53ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
   
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 60's with mostly clear skies.
      
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers and thunderstorms.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 35º F, the high was 53º 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)    57ºF            37ºF
Record (KBWG)    82°F (1930)     10°F (1891)

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.

11/17/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.50" at Rockford. There were 303 reports from Tennessee.  
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.46" at Bethpage.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.24" at Mount Pleasant. There were 495 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.33" at Paradise. There were 110 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.0" at Houghton.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 7184 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.08" at Salisbury, North Carolina.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
North Carolina - 1   
             
The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Peshastin, Washington. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.