January 18, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.16" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the northwest. The barometer reading was +0.32" since yesterday morning. (30.03 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 30's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 26ºF and the high was 37ºF. At 5 PM the temperature was 32ºF, it was cloudy, winds were calm, and the barometer read 29.95".
     

Thursday

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

      

Friday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers during the day and a 70% chance of showers Friday night with a thunderstorm possible.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 18th the low was 37º F, the high was 46º F, and 0.14" 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)     74°F (1929)    -11°F (1948)

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.

1/17/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.52" at Dickson. There were 287 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.15" at Westmoreland.           

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.25" at Hemphill. There were 548 reports from Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Benbrook.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.16" at Belleville. There were 115 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 6.3" at White Cloud.    

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.29" at Niles.  

   

So far 7322 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.45" at Hazel Green, Alabama.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none   

             

The most new snow reported was 14.2" at Concrete, Washington.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 30.5" at Anchorage, Alaska.