January 31, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 48º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (30.06 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 mid 60's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south south at 10-15 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 46ºF and the high was 65ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 57ºF, it was mostly cloudy with winds 2 mph from the west and the barometer read 29.97".
        

Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40'ss and a high in the low 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.

      

Thursday

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

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 31st the low was 36º F, the high was 52º 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)     45ºF            26ºF

Record (KBWG)     72°F (2002)     -8°F (1965)

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.

1/30/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 265 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.51" at Lackland Air Force Base. There were 595 reports from Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.57" at Holland. There were 106 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 7.5" at Holland.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.20" at Niles. The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Niles. 

   

So far 6955 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.06" at Nehalem, Oregon.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                             

The most new snow reported was 10.2" at Minetto, New York.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 38.0" at Plain, Washington.