January 2, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 29º F, it was clear or mostly clear with frost, and winds were 3 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.32" since yesterday morning. (30.00 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 30's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west northwest at 15-20 mph with gusts to 35 mph. There is a slight chance of snow flurries after noon.

The low today was 21ºF and the high was 37ºF. It was cloudy or mostly cloudy much of the day with some snow flurries. At 5 PM the temperature was 28ºF, the barometer read 30.06", it was partly cloudy and winds were from the west at 4 mph.

       

Tuesday

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

      

Wednesday

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

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 2nd the low was 21º F, the high was 37º F, and 0.48" 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            26ºF

Record (KBWG)     74°F (2006)     -5°F (1887)

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.

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

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.57" at Murfreesboro. There were 242 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Galveston. There were 421 reports from Texas.  

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.23" at Watersmeet. There were 97 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.3" at White Cloud.

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 5779 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.75" at Ellsworth, Maine.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

             

The most new snow reported was 5.5" at Cameron, Wisconsin.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 27.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.