February 17, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 35º F, it was partly cloudy with frost and a little fog, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.17" since yesterday morning. (30.00 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 50's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph.

The low today was 32ºF and the high was 57ºF. It was cloudy at 6 PM, though there had been sunshine earlier in the day.
                          

Saturday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance showers Saturday afternoon and a 90% chance of showers Saturday night. 

      

Sunday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 30's with cloudy skies.  There is a 60% chance of showers before noon, then a slight chance of showers with possible some snow mixed in during the afternoon.  

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 17th the low was 48º F, the high was 62º 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)     79°F (1927)     -9°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.

2/16/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.74" at Atoka. There were 313 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.39" at Gallatin.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.85" at Huntsville. There were 650 reports from Texas.    

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.29" at Fort Worth.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.45" at Eaton Rapids, Fremont, and White Cloud. There were 112 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 2.7" at Houghton Lake.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.32" at Buchanan.  

   

So far 7170 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.26" at Saraland, Alabama.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 13.5" at Idyllwild, California.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 47.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.