December 16, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.21" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 37º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were 3 mph from the north. The barometer reading was +0.20" since yesterday morning. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north at around 5 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers.

The low today was 30ºF and the high was 45ºF. It was partly cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.35" of rain in the gauge from showers during the day, mostly in the morning according to what showed on radar.
     
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 40's with clear skies.
      
Sunday
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 clear skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 16th the low was 31º F, the high was 47º F, and 0.25" 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)     47ºF            29ºF
Record (KBWG)     72°F (1984)     -5°F (1901)

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.

12/15/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.51" at Henderson. There were 275 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.19" at Gallatin.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.52" at Blooming Grove. There were 720 reports from Texas.  
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.72" at Saginaw.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.23" at White Pigeon. There were 131 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.5" at Chatham.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.89" at Buchanan and New Buffalo.
   
So far 7294 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.75" at Buckingham, Illinois.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none  
             
The most new snow reported was 3.7" at Willow, Alaska.
The most snow reported on the ground was 18.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.