December 26, 2011

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 31º F, it was partly cloudy with a light frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.09 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with increasingly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 27ºF and the high was 47ºF. It was cloudy with rain at 11:15 PM and there was 0.18" of rain in the gauge.

       

Tuesday

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

      

Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 40's with

mostly clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 26th the low was 24º F, the high was 29º F, and 0.05" of  precipitation (1.2" 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)     71°F (1942)      3°F (1903)

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.

12/25/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Livingston. There were 197 reports from Tennessee.

The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.68" at Karnack. There were 644 reports from Texas.  The most new snow was 5.6" at Lockney.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.11" at Fort Worth.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.03" at Boyne City. There were 80 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.0" at Ontonagon.

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan. 

   

So far 5627 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.12" at Shreveport, Louisiana.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

  

             

The most new snow reported was 5.6" at Lockney, Texas.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 28.0" at Aspen Park, Colorado.