February 16, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.19" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 50º F, it was cloudy with a light rain/mist, and winds were 3 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was -0.14" since yesterday morning. (29.83 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 50's with cloudy skies in the morning clearing to mostly clear. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers early.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 55ºF. At 6 PM there was 0.02" of rain in the gauge, the temperature was 48ºF, it was cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the west.
                          

Friday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies. 

      

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 50's with cloudy skies.  There is a 50% chance of showers, then a 70% chance of showers overnight, possibly changing to snow after midnight.  

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 16th the low was 42º F, the high was 67º 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)     49ºF            29ºF

Record (KBWG)     77°F (1911)     -1°F (1958)

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.

2/15/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.31" at Petros. There were 278 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.03" at Gallatin and Westmoreland.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.42" at Tomball. There were 658 reports from Texas.    

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.01" at Bedford and Grapevine.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.24" at Scottville. There were 106 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Scottville.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville.  

   

So far 7170 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.42" at Tomball, Texas.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 13.3" at Tijeras, New Mexico.     

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