December 27, 2011

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.65" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 44º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were 4 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.71" since yesterday morning. (29.38 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 mid 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at 10-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers today with most before noon.

The low today was 37ºF and the high was 45ºF. It was cloudy with a light rain at 6 PM and there was 0.22" of rain in the gauge from rain during the day.

       

Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with partly cloudy skies. 

      

Thursday

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

mostly clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 27th the low was 20º F, the high was 33º F, and 0.01" of  precipitation (0.1" 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)     71°F (2008)      2°F (1925)

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.

12/26/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.43" at Lafayette (11:59 PM). There were 219 reports from Tennessee.

No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.95" at Burton. There were 575 reports from Texas.  The most new snow was 4.5" at Amarillo.

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at Fort Worth.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.08" at Gaylord and Harbor Springs. There were 78 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.0" at Paradise.

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan and Niles. 

   

So far 5811 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.34" at Liberty, Mississippi.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

Mississippi -2 (both in Liberty)

  

             

The most new snow reported was 6.3" at Underhill, Vermont.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 25.5" at Knik, Alaska.