February 14, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.14" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 36º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the south. The barometer reading was -0.38" since yesterday morning. (29.71 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 mid 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 5-10 mph, becoming west. There is an 40% chance of showers before noon.

The low today was 35ºF and the high was 41ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 39ºF, it was cloudy, there was 0.02" of rain in the gauge from rain since 5AM, winds were 1 mph from the west, and the barometer read 29.89".
                          

Wednesday

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

      

Thursday

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

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 14th the low was 38º F, the high was 57º 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)     48ºF            28ºF

Record (KBWG)     76°F (1921)     -6°F (1899)

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.

2/13/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookville. There were 253 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.25" at El Campo. There were 870 reports from Texas. The most new snow reported was 4.0" at Canyon, Childress, and Lockney.   

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.66" at Fort Worth. The most new snow was 0.4" at Watauga.  

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Waterford. There were 104 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 0.1" at White Cloud.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan. 

   

So far 7256 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.20" at Kneeland, California.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 16.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 50.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.