December 23, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.56" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 1 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was +0.20" since yesterday morning. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 43ºF. It was cloudy all day without even a glimpse of the sun.
       
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly clear skies.
      
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 50's with partly cloudy skies.  There is a 20% chance of showers.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 26º F, the high was 40º 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)     45ºF            28ºF
Record (KBWG)     72°F (1895)    -11°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.

12/22/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.56 at Cleveland. There were 277 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Bethpage and Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.40" at Webster. There were 805 reports from Texas.  
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.26" at Waterford. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.8" at Alpena.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Niles.
   
So far 7506 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.68" at Leland, Mississippi.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
  
             
The most new snow reported was 30.0" at Golden, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 32.5" at Golden, Colorado.