December 21, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.25" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 58º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 6 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.30" since yesterday morning. (29.53 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-15 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers in the morning.

The low today was 39ºF and the high was 60ºF. It was mostly cloudy at 6 PM.
     
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. There is a near 100% chance of showers.
      
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly cloudy skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 21st the low was 39º F, the high was 46º 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)     71°F (1967)     -8°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.

12/20/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.05" at Germantown. There were 264 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.09" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.88" at  Montgomery. There were 733 reports from Texas.  
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.93" at Rendon.  
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was a trace at around 15 stations. There were 100 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.1" at Marquette.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Watervliet.
   
So far 7207 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.07" at Volcano, Hawaii.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1  
             
The most new snow reported was 18.6" at Cheraw, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 20.0" at Rye, Colorado.