December 17, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.35" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, it was partly cloudy with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.09" since yesterday morning. (30.12 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 mid 40's with clear skies. Winds will be from the west at around 5 mph.

The low today was 26ºF and the high was 43ºF. It was clear or mostly clear all day.
     
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 28º F, the high was 31º F, and 0.19" 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)     75°F (1924)      3°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.

12/16/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.46" at Morrison. There were 315 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.81" at Gallatin.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.84" at Rockdale. There were 739 reports from Texas.  
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.22" at Eagle Mountain.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.46" at Gaylord. There were 117 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.5" at Houghton.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan and Niles.
   
So far 7046 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.84" at Rockdale, Texas.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none  
             
The most new snow reported was 3.5" at Houghton, Michigan.
The most snow reported on the ground was 30.3" at Sleetmute, Alaska.