January 12, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.94" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 45º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the south. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.38 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 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at 5-10 mph increasing to 15-20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. There is an 80% chance of precipitation, with rain in the morning and a rain snow mix changing to snow by 3 PM. There is a 70% chance of snow showers tonight. Any accumulation should be less than an inch.

The low today was 24ºF and the high was 46ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 24ºF, it was cloudy with a light snow, there was about 0.3" of snow on the ground, winds were 4 mph from the north, and the barometer read 29.56". 
     

Friday

The forecast for 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. 

      

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the upper 30's with mostly clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 12th the low was 18º F, the high was 24º F, and 0.03" (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)     42ºF            25ºF

Record (KBWG)     73°F (1916)    -26°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.

1/11/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.23" at Belle Meade and Shelbyville. There were 334 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.81" at Gallatin.            

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.19" at Woodville. There were 536 reports from Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.10" at Benbrook and Fort Worth.  

   

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 99 reports from Michigan.     

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 7143 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.40" at Huntsville, Alabama.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

             

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Dayton, Wyoming.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 33.0" at Eagle River, Alaska.