January 13, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.09" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. There was 0.6" of new snow and 0.5" of snow on the ground. The 5:00 AM temperature was 21º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.36" since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper teen's and a high in the upper 20's with cloudy skies clearing to mostly clear. Winds will be from the west at 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph. There is a chance of scattered snow showers in the morning.

The low today was 20ºF and the high was 31ºF. At 6 PM it was 29ºF and the sky was mostly clear and winds were calm and the barometer read 29.89". There were a few snow flakes in the morning.
     

Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly clear skies.     

      

Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 40's with clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 13th the low was 16º F, the high was 28º F, and 0.01" (0.4" 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 (1907)    -12°F (1918)

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.

1/12/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.99" at Carthage. There were 303 reports from Tennessee. The most new snow was 0.3" at Lafayette (11:59 PM report).
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.94" at Westmoreland.            

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.02" at The Colony. There were 505 reports from Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.60" at Muskegon. There were 118 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.0" at Ontonagon.    

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan and Niles.   

   

So far 7191 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.25" at Moores Mill, Alabama.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

             

The most new snow reported was 6.5" at Boulder, Colorado.     

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