December 8, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 24º F, it was clear or mostly clear, there was frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.32" since yesterday morning. (30.09 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast
Today
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with clear skies. Winds will be from the south at around 5 mph.

The low today was 24ºF and the high was 44ºF. It was clear or mostly clear at 6 PM.
     
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with partly cloudy skies.
      
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 30's with clear skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 8th the low was 18º F, the high was 32º F, and 0.2" 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)    72°F (1922)      2°F (1882)

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.

12/7/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.41" at Roan Mountain. There were 317 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 3.0" at Oakland.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.06" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.46" at Marshall. There were 513 reports from Texas.   
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.02" at Fort Worth.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.07" at Harbor Springs. There were 111 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.5" at Eaton Rapids and Houghton.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 7211 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.95" at Cleveland, South Carolina.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 3.0" at Oakland, Tennessee.
The most snow reported on the ground was 17.0" at Nederland, Colorado.