January 17, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 56º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 6 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.29" since yesterday morning. (29.71 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 15-20 mph becoming west northwest and gusts up to 30 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers today with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 63ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 39ºF, it was cloudy, there was 0.16" of precipitation in the gauge, winds were 6 mph from the west, and the barometer read 29.86".
     

Wednesday

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

      

Thursday

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 17th the low was 31º F, the high was 46º F, and a trace 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)     71°F (1974)    -15°F (1982)

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.

1/16/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.18" at White House. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.05" at Portland.           

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.16" at Camp Wood. There were 540 reports from Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.03" at North Richland Hills.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.01" at Frederic, Scottville, and Traverse City. There were 98 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.3" at Frederic.    

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.  

   

So far 5701 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.75" at Pahoa, Hawaii.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1   

             

The most new snow reported was 9.5" at Bayfield, Colorado and North Bend, Washington.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 31.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.