December 25, 2011

Merry Christmas !!!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 33º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (30.09 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies becoming clear. Winds will be from the west at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 31ºF and the high was 54ºF. It was mostly cloudy early, then mostly clear by mid morning, then clear until late afternoon when a few clouds moved in.

       

Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the upper 40's with increasingly cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of rain Monday night.

      

Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with

mostly cloudy skies.  There is a 90% chance of showers.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 25th the low was 27º F, the high was 31º F, and 0.15" of  precipitation (2.1" snow) 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            27ºF

Record (KBWG)     70°F (1982)     -7°F (1983)

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.

12/24/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.99" at Cookeville. There were 215 reports from Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.01" at Gallatin and Westmoreland.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.20" at Andrews. There were 577 reports from Texas.  The most new snow was 4.0" at Andrews.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Blue Mound.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.50" at Alanson. There were 95 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.2" at Walker.

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.01" at Stevensville. The most new snow was 0.2" at Stevensville.

   

So far 6777 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.46" at Honomu, Hawaii.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

  

             

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Carlsbad and Roswell, New Mexico.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 30.0" at Aspen Park, Colorado.