December 10, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 27º F, it was partly cloudy, there was frost, and winds were 3 mph from the northeast. The barometer reading was +0.24" since yesterday morning. (30.27 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 30's with clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 24ºF and the high was 39ºF. It was clear or mostly clear all day.
     
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper teens and a high in the mid 40's with clear skies.
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with partly cloudy skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 10th the low was 34º F, the high was 49º 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)     49ºF            31ºF
Record (KBWG)     74°F (1971)     -7°F (1917)

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.

12/9/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.05" at Livingston. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.31" at Helotes. There were 552 reports from Texas.   
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Eagle Mountain.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.30" at Bloomfield Township. There were 126 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.0" at Fennville and Grand Junction.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.21" at Niles. The most new snow reported was 2.5" at Buchanan and Niles.
   
So far 6962 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.10" at Ookala, Hawaii.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 6.0" at Pierce, Nebraska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 16.0" at Smoot, South Dakota and Nederland, Colorado.