November 8, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 46º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.15 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)  

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 47ºF and the high was 72ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM.
   
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.
      
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 8th the low was 36º F, the high was 67º 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)    61°F            39°F
Record (KBWG)    82°F (2005)     19°F (1971)

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.

11/7/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 232 reports from Tennessee.  
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.03" at Bluegrove. There were 614 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Blue Mound and Fort Worth.   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Rockford and Wayland. There were 123 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.

So far 7135 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.96" at Springer, Oklahoma.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Oklahoma - 2   
             
The most new snow reported was 7.2" at Anchorage, Alaska. 
The most snow reported on the ground was 14.0" at Soda Springs, California.