January 3, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was a trace of precipitation (snow flurries) in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 17º F, it was partly cloudy with frost, and winds were 1 mph from the west. The barometer reading was +0.18" since yesterday morning. (30.18 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid teens and a high in the low 30's with partly cloudy skies becoming mostly clear. Winds will be from the west northwest at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 15ºF and the high was 32ºF.

       

Wednesday

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

      

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 50's with clear skies.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 3rd the low was 17º F, the high was 45º 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            26ºF

Record (KBWG)     71°F (1907)    -11°F (1879)

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.

1/2/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.53" at Monterey. There were 258 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.18" at Harlingen. There were 477 reports from Texas.  

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.65" at Mancelona and Traverse City. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 9.4" at Kalamazoo.

The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.45" at Niles. The most new snow was 3.9" at Niles.   

   

So far 6281 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.88" at Edna Bay, Alaska.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

             

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at South Bend, Indiana.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 40.0" at Eagle River, Alaska.