December 9, 2011

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 23º F, it was clear or mostly clear, there was frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (30.03 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 mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 23ºF and high was 39ºF. It was mostly clear at 6 PM.
     
Saturday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 30's with clear skies.
      
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper teens and a high in the mid 40's with clear skies.                           

Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 9th the low was 14º F, the high was 41º 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)     49ºF            31ºF
Record (KBWG)     71°F (1952)    -10°F (1917)

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.

12/8/2011 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.25" at Erwin. There were 275 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 3.0" at McMinnville.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.06" at Portland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at Livingston and McKinney. There were 513 reports from Texas.   
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.
  
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.20" at Traverse City. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.0" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.
   
So far 6950 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.35" at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none   
             
The most new snow reported was 10.1" at Davis, West Virginia.
The most snow reported on the ground was 16.5" at Lead, South Dakota.