November 29, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.52" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, it was cloudy with a light snow flurry, and winds were 3 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.15" since yesterday morning. (29.53 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 30's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph. There is a near 60% chance of snow showers in the morning and rain/snow showers in the afternoon. There is a 60% chance of precipitation. No snow accumulation expected.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 40ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.02" of rain in the gauge. There were snow flurries at around 8 PM, but the temperature was 38ºF and nothing was sticking.
   
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies becoming clear by early afternoon.
      
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 29th the low was 36º F, the high was 64º 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)    52ºF            34ºF
Record (KBWG)    77°F (1927)      9°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.

11/28/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 5.07" at Whitwell. There were 316 reports from Tennessee.  There was 0.7" of new snow at Dover.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.87" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.01" at Georgetown. There were 500 reports from Texas.
 No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.62" at Sterling Heights. There were 132 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.8" at Northport.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.25" at Stevensville and Watervliet.
   
So far 7033 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.22" at Mentone, Alabama.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Tennessee - 15
Alabama - 4
Georgia - 1   
             
The most new snow reported was 8.2" at Skagway, Alaska.  
The most snow reported on the ground was 20.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.