December 3, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 37º F, it was mostly clear or partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.21 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 60's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 62ºF. It was partly cloudy through the afternoon.
     
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers and a 70% chance of showers Sunday night.
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers during the day and a near 100% chance of showers Monday night.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 27º F, the high was 46º 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)    51ºF            32ºF
Record (KBWG)    78°F (1982)     -1°F (1929)

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.

12/2/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookville. There were 251 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.40" at Dripping Springs. There were 692 reports from Texas.
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.76" at North Richland Hills.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.28" at Eaton Rapids. There were 124 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.1" at Laingsburg.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.06" at Buchanan.
   
So far 6916 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.02" at Show Low, Arizona.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
None   
             
The most new snow reported was 18.1" at Show Low, Arizona.  
The most snow reported on the ground was 16.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.