January 9, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were 2 mph from the northeast. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.89 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies clearing to mostly clear. Winds will be from the west northwest at around 5 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers before noon.

The low today was 34ºF and the high was 52ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 44ºF and it was partly cloudy with calm winds and the barometer read 29.86".
     

Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies. There is a 80% chance of showers Tuesday night with a thunderstorm possible. 

      

Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is an 70% chance of showers.                          

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 9th the low was 6º F, the high was 30º F, and a trace (0.1" 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)     70°F (1930)    -24°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.

1/8/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.82" at McMinnville. There were 260 reports from Tennessee. 
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was a trace at Westmoreland.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.96" at Bridge City. There were 460 reports from Texas.  

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.07" at Houghton. There were 93 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.5" at Houghton.    

No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 6064 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.91" at Hanceville, Alabama.

 

Reports of 4" or more:

none

             

The most new snow reported was 10.5" at Eagle River, Alaska.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 35.0" at Eagle River, Alaska.