December 22, 2011

Welcome Winter!

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was +0.27" since yesterday morning. (29.80 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 low 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers.

The low today was 39ºF and the high was 47ºF. It was cloudy with a light mist at 6 PM and there was 0.54" of precipitation in the gauge.
     
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers.
      
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the upper 40's with partly cloudy skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 28º F, the high was 45º F, and 0.04" 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)     46ºF            28ºF
Record (KBWG)     66°F (1941)    -14°F (1989)

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.

12/21/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.60 at Loretto and Shelbyville. There were 306 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.30" at Gallatin.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.42" at  Kirbyville. There were 501 reports from Texas.  
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Fort Worth.  
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.21" at Monroe. There were 114 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.5" at Ada, East Grand Rapids, and Grandville.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.04" at Buchanan.
   
So far 7075 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.20" at Vernon, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 1  
             
The most new snow reported was 7.5" at Willow, Alaska.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 18.0" at La Junta, Colorado and Red Lodge, Montana.