December 7, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 37º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the north. The barometer reading was -0.09" since yesterday morning. (29.77 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 upper 30's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph. There is an 50% chance of showers or snow flurries.

The low today was 29ºF and the high was 41ºF. There were snow flurries in the morning and a little sun in the afternoon.
     
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly clear skies.
      
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly clear skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 7th the low was 16º F, the high was 29º F, and 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            31ºF
Record (KBWG)    70°F (1951)      7°F (1977)

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.

12/6/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 3.41" at Camden. There were 354 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.95" at Bethpage and Hendersonville.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.95" at Albany. There were 632 reports from Texas. The most new snow was 3.0" at Amarillo and El Paso. 
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at several locations.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.82" at Plymouth. There were 120 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.2" at Adrian.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 7939 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.44" at Ruston, Louisiana.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The most snow reported on the ground was 18.0" at Nederland, Colorado.