November 28, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 1.72" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were 4 mph from the northeast. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.68 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 upper 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at  around 5 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 49ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.50" of rain in the gauge.
   
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of rain and snow showers before noon and then a chance of rain showers. Tuesday night there is a 30% chance of rain or snow showers.
      
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 28th the low was 25º F, the high was 54º 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)    53ºF            34ºF
Record (KBWG)    76°F (1909)      0°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.

11/27/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.81" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 283 reports from Tennessee.  
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.85" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.44" at Montgomery. There were 508 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Fort Worth.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.09" at Grant. There were 122 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.5" at Chatham.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.66" at Stevensville.
   
So far 6124 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.81" at Ookala, Hawaii.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 0.5" at Chatham, Michigan.  
The most snow reported on the ground was 20.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.