January 7, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 54º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the south. The barometer reading was ?" since yesterday morning. (29.68 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 50's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers.

The low today was 35ºF and the high was 59ºF. The temperature at 5 PM was 50ºF, it was partly cloudy, the barometer read 29.83", and winds were calm. There were a few sprinkles in the morning, most of the day was partly cloudy.
     

Sunday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers. 

      

Monday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 7th the low was 31º F, the high was 37º F, and a trace (snow) 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            26ºF

Record (KBWG)     72°F (1907)    -11°F (1912)

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.

1/6/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Lafayette. There were 244 reports from Tennessee. 
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.40" at Brownsville. There were 512 reports from Texas.  

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Fort Worth.  

   

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 96 reports from Michigan. 

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 6319 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.52" at Eagle River, Alaska.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

             

The most new snow reported was 7.4" at Anchorage, Alaska.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 30.0" at Eagle River, Alaska.