November 21, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.63" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 60º F, it was cloudy with lightening a few miles to the east, and winds were 1 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.06 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 at around 5 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 59ºF and the high was 62ºF. It was cloudy all day with showers much of the morning and early afternoon.
   
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 70's with cloudy skies. There is an 90% chance of showers or thunderstorms, some thunderstorms may be severe.
      
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 53º F, the high was 69º 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)    55ºF            36ºF
Record (KBWG)    78°F (1920)      3°F (1887)

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.

11/20/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.08" at Bells. There were 247 reports from Tennessee.  
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.07" at Hendersonville.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.07" at Fort Worth. There were 419 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.07" at Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.49" at Marquette. There were 97 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.4" at Watersmeet.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.
   
So far 6021 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.61" at Gracey, Kentucky.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Soda Springs, California. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 18.0" at Soda Springs, California.