November 20, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 59º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the upper 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 58ºF and the high was 61ºF. It was cloudy all day with occasional showers.
   
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 70's with cloudy skies. There is an 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
      
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 70's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 40º F, the high was 66º 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)    56ºF            36ºF
Record (KBWG)    79°F (1906)      5°F (1914)

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.

11/19/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Dunlap. There were 246 reports from Tennessee.  
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Brownsville. There were 443 reports from Texas.
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.17" at Chatham. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.1" at Marquette.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 6330 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.17" at Lindgren Acres, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Noxon, Montana. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.0" at Red Lodge, Montana.