January 25, 2012

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 30º F, it was clear or mostly clear with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.09" since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. there is a 60% chance of showers in the afternoon and a 90% chance of showers tonight with a thunderstorm possible after midnight.

The low today was 29ºF and the high was 48ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 41ºF, it was partly cloudy with winds 2 mph from the east and the barometer read 29.92".
        

Thursday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a near 100% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible, then a 60% chance of showers Thursday night before midnight.    

      

Friday

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

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 25th the low was 36º F, the high was 48º F, and a trace 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)     76°F (1950)    -14°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.

1/24/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 1.55" at Huntland. There were 271 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.63" at Granbury. There were 574 reports from Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.86" at Houghton. There were 107 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 12.0" at Houghton.    

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.05" at Buchanan. 

   

So far 7082 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.63" at Granbury, Texas.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                             

The most new snow reported was 20.0" at Prescott, Arizona.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 42.0" at Plain, Washington.