December 13, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 44º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.21 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 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be calm.

The low today was 44ºF and the high was 56ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM.
     
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers after midnight.
      
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 13th the low was 7º F, the high was 19º F, and 0.11" of precipitation (4.9" of snow) 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)     48ºF            30ºF
Record (KBWG)     76°F (1927)     -8°F (1962)

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.

12/12/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.06" at Cleveland. There were 257 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.00" at Laredo. There were 631 reports from Texas.   
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Bedford.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.12" at Chatham. There were 105 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.2" at Chatham.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 6825 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.76" at Edgewater, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 3  
             
The most new snow reported was 13.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 16.0" at Kirk, Alaska and Smoot, South Dakota.