December 5, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.08" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 53º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.14" since yesterday morning. (29.89 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at around 5 mph. There is an 80% chance of showers, some rain may be heavy.

The low today was 42ºF and the high was 58ºF. It was cloudy with a light rain at 6 PM and there was more than an inch of rain in the gauge from showers during the day.
     
Tuesday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.
      
Wednesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of rain or snow showers.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 5th the low was 27º F, the high was 35º F, and 0.09" of precipitation including a trace of 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)    50ºF            32ºF
Record (KBWG)    72°F (2001)      6°F (1971)

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.

12/4/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at Crossville. There were 228 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.12" at Dallas. There were 717 reports from Texas. The most new snow was 1.5" at Texline. 
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 2.55" at Mansfield.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.41" at Scottville. There were 107 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 7.0" at Houghton.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.22" at Niles.
   
So far 6590 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.55" at Jacksonville, Arkansas.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
None   
             
The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Neihart, Montana.
The most snow reported on the ground was 24.9" at Show Low, Arizona.