January 11, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.53" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 53º F, it was cloudy with rain falling, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.48" since yesterday morning. (29.35 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southeast at 5-10 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 60ºF. At 6:00 PM the temperature was 50ºF, it was cloudy with winds from the west at 5 mph. The barometer read 29.30" and there was 0.87" of rain in the gauge.
     

Thursday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers before noon, then a 30% chance of snow showers through the late afternoon and evening. 

      

Friday

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 11th the low was 24º F, the high was 33º F, and 0.03" (0.2" 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)     42ºF            25ºF

Record (KBWG)     69°F (1890)    -18°F (1886)

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.

1/10/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.72" at Winchester. There were 292 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Westmoreland.            

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 6.91" at Livingston. There were 781 reports from Texas. The most new snow was 8.9" at Midland.  

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.90" at Fort Worth.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.10" at Alanson. There were 105 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.5" at Paradise.    

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 7211 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 8.47" at Grand Coteau, Louisiana.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

Texas - 17
Louisiana - 5

             

The most new snow reported was 8.9" at Midland, Texas.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 36.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.