November 4, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.60" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 42º F, it was cloudy with a very light mist, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.89 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 50's with cloudy skies clearing during the afternoon. Winds will be from the north northwest at 5-15 mph with gusts to 20 mph.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 54ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.01" of rain in the gauge.
   
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.
      
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.                        

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 4th the low was 41º F, the high was 55º F, and 0.29" 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)    62°F            40°F
Record (KBWG)    80°F (1956)     14°F (1879)

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.

11/3/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.85" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report). There were 273 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.55" at Westmoreland (5:30 PM report).  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.50" at Pharr. There were 555 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Arlington.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.26" at Traverse City. There were 137 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.

So far 7240 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.43" at Pepeekeo, Hawaii.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1
             
The most new snow reported was 6.1" at Kiowa, Colorado. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.5" at Golden, Colorado.