January 10, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 30º F, it was partly cloudy with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the east at around 5 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 29ºF and the high was 54ºF. At 6 PM it was 48ºF, the sky was cloudy with winds 3 mph from the east, and the barometer read 29.65".
     

Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible. 

      

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 40's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers before noon, then a 30% chance of rain/snow mix in the afternoon.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 10th the low was 24º F, the high was 33º F, and 0.07" (0.8" snow) of 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)     43ºF            25ºF

Record (KBWG)     70°F (1949)    -19°F (1879)

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.

1/9/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.66" at Oak Grove. There were 316 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.17" at Hendersonville.            

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 6.74" at Richmond. There were 881 reports from Texas. The most new snow was 8.0" at Andrews.  

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.10" at North Richland Hills.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.07" at Paradise. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.5" at Paradise.    

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 7518 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.74" at Richmond, Texas.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

Texas - 4

             

The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Andrews, Texas.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 37.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.