January 22, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 36º F, it was cloudy with fog and a light mist, and winds were 3 mph from the east. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.86 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 low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-15 mph and gusts to 20 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers in the afternoon and a near 100% chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight, mainly after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe.

The low today was 35ºF and the high was 60ºF. It was cloudy all day with a shower between 7 and 8 PM, then the front came through between 1 and 2:30 AM on 1/23 with thunder and lightening and heavy rain and strong winds.
     

Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies.    

      

Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 22nd the low was 12º F, the high was 32º F, and no 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)     71°F (1999)     -8°F (1895)

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.

1/21/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.75" at Murfreesboro. There were 322 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.86" at Hendersonville.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.11" at Victoria. There were 487 reports from Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.40" at Buchanan and White Pigeon. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.0" at New Buffalo.    

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.40" at Buchanan. The most new snow was 5.0" at New Buffalo. 

   

So far 6817 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.03" at Shelter Cove, California.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
California - 18
                 

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Lockport, Illinois.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 35.0" at Smoot, Wyoming.