January 8, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 34º F, it was mostly clear or partly cloudy with a little frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.24" since yesterday morning. (29.92 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at around 5 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers tonight.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 55ºF. It was partly cloudy or mostly cloudy all day. At 8:30 PM it was 47ºF with mostly cloudy skies, winds 3 mph from the southeast, and a barometer reading of 29.95".
     

Monday

The forecast for 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. 

      

Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 60's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms Tuesday night.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 8th the low was 11º F, the high was 32º F, and 0.09" (1.6" 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            25ºF

Record (KBWG)     69°F (2006)    -12°F (1877)

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.

1/7/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.33" at Hurricane Mills. There were 286 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Bethpage and Hendersonville.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.20" at Texas City. There were 468 reports from Texas.  

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.08" at Chatham. There were 104 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.9" at Chatham. 

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 6107 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 0.64" at Edna Bay, Alaska.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

             

The most new snow reported was 6.1" at Bountiful, Utah.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 32.0" at Willow, Alaska.