January 20, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 36º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the east. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southeast at around 5 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers in the afternoon and an 80% chance of showers tonight with a thunderstorm possible.

The low today was 36ºF and the high was 56ºF. At 6 PM it was 45ºF and cloudy with winds from the southeast at 2 mph. The barometer read 29.65".
     

Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies.  There is a 40% chance of showers before noon.  

      

Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers during the day and a 70% chance of showers Sunday night with a thunderstorm possible.                         

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 20th the low was 22º F, the high was 33º F, and a trace (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)     43ºF            25ºF

Record (KBWG)     72°F (1906)    -14°F (1985)

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.

1/19/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.03" at Cookville and Lebanon. There were 250 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.           

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was a trace at Bellville. There were 500 reports from Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.46" at Beaver Island. There were 108 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 6.5" at Charlevoix.    

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.14" at Niles. The most new snow was 1.4" at Niles. 

   

So far 6635 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 9.43" at Port Orford, Oregon.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
Oregon - 27
California - 3   

             

The most new snow reported was 19.0" at Ovando, Montana.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 38.0" at Plain, Washington.