February 18, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.11" since yesterday morning. (29.89 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the northeast at 5-10 mph. There is an 80% chance of rain tonight, possibly mixing with snow after 3 AM.

The low today was 39ºF and the high was 54ºF. It was cloudy most of the day. At 5 PM the temperature was 50ºF, it was cloudy with calm winds, and the barometer read 29.83".
                          
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the low 40's with cloudy skies. There is a near 100% chance precipitation with rain/snow in the morning and snow in the afternoon with accumulation of 2-4 inches possible, though temperatures will stay above freezing. There is a 20% chance of snow Sunday night before the sky clears after midnight. 
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the upper 40's with clear skies.    
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 18th the low was 46º F, the high was 64º 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)     50ºF            29ºF
Record (KBWG)     72°F (1913)     -7°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.

2/17/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.60" at Farragut. There were 276 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.02" at Westmoreland.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.23" at San Benito. There were 827 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.06" at Fort Worth.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.16" at Paradise. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 2.0" at Paradise.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Stevensville.  
   
So far 7068 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.76" at West Pensacola, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Bayard, New Mexico.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 45.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

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