January 24, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, it was clear or mostly clear with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.44" since yesterday morning. (29.97 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 clear skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 52ºF. At 5 PM it was 45ºF with clear skies and calm winds. The barometer read 30.09".
     

Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers in the afternoon and an 80% chance of showers overnight.    

      

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is a 90% chance of showers during the day with a thunderstorm possible, and a 60% chance of showers Thursday night before midnight. 

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 24th the low was 22º F, the high was 46º 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)     78°F (1943)    -21°F (1963)

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.

1/23/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.30" at Monteagle. There were 326 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.49" at Westmoreland.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.16" at Center. There were 521 reports from Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.04" at Arlington.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.04" at White Cloud. There were 122 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 5.7" at Watersmeet.    

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.78" at New Buffalo. 

   

So far 7400 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.57" at Scottsboro, Alabama.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
Alabama - 4
California -4
                                             

The most new snow reported was 21.0" at Soda Springs, California.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 48.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.