January 26, 2012

Happy Birthday Amy!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.07" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 55º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.38" since yesterday morning. (29.68 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. there is a near 100% chance of showers today with a thunderstorm possible. Tonight there is an 80% chance of showers, mainly before midnight.
   
The low today was 41ºF and the high was 60ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 57ºF, it was cloudy with rain and winds 5 mph from the west and the barometer read 29.38".
        

Friday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 40's with mostly clear skies.

      

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 40's with partly cloudy skies.

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 26th the low was 27º F, the high was 39º F, and 0.61" (0.41" rain followed by 1.5" of snow (melted 0.20")) 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)     71°F (1962)    -10°F (1948)

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.

1/25/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.64" at Henderson. There were 287 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 9.35" at Bastrop. There were 1004 reports from Texas.   

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 4.75" at Rendon.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.12" at Gaylord. There were 115 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.9" at Frederic and Gaylord.    

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan. 

   

So far 7785 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 9.35" at Bastrop, Texas.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
Texas - 128
Oregon - 2
                                             

The most new snow reported was 11.8" at Winthorp, Washington.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 44.0" at Plain, Washington.