November 19, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were 3 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.18" since yesterday morning. (30.09 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 60's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 66ºF. Clouds increased during the afternoon to cloudy by sunset.
   
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 70's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 42º F, the high was 57º F, and 0.04" 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)    56ºF            36ºF
Record (KBWG)    83°F (1930)     -5°F (1880)

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.

11/18/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.14" at Greeneville. There were 252 reports from Tennessee.  
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Brownsville. There were 470 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.40" at Traverse City. There were 111 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.8" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 6705 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.79" at Miami Lakes, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 12.9" at Point Rock, New York. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.0" at Red Lodge, Montana.