December 20, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 47º F, it was partly cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.12" since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at around 5 mph. There is a 70% chance of showers in the afternoon and a near 100% chance of rain overnight with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 42ºF and the high was 59ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM and there was 0.14" of rain in the gauge from showers during the day.
     
Wednesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers before noon.
      
Thursday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 20th the low was 22º F, the high was 45º 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)     46ºF            28ºF
Record (KBWG)     67°F (1949)    -10°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.

12/19/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookeville. There were 225 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.01" at Amarillo. There were 678 reports from Texas.  
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Fort Worth.  
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Scottville. There were 100 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.1" at Chatham.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 6941 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.25" at Cladwell, Kansas.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none  
             
The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.