February 19, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 40º F, it was cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the northeast. The barometer reading was -0.28" 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 low 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north at 10-15 mph. There is a near 100% chance of snow and or rain today with accumulation of over an inch possible.

The low today was 28ºF and the high was 45ºF. There was rain in the morning that changed to snow around 9:30 AM with about 0.3" of snow that fell. The snow pretty much ended by noon and the temperatures warmed up into the upper 30's and it all melted by mid afternoon. At 6 PM the temperature was 37ºF, it was partly cloudy with calm winds and a barometer reading of 29.86".
                          
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the mid 50's with clear skies.  
      
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers.   
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 19th the low was 40º F, the high was 55º F, and 0.15" 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)     50ºF            29ºF
Record (KBWG)     73°F (1939)      2°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.

2/18/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.02" at Friendsville and Pikeville. There were 240 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 4.50" at Fort Bend. There were 925 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 1.12" at Mansfield.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.37" at Breckenridge. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 4.9" at Northport.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Niles.  
   
So far 6716 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.50" at Richmond, Texas.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Texas - 1
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Cloudcroft, New Mexico.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 44.0" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

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