February 2, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.24" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 43º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.05" since yesterday morning. (30.00 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the upper 50's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the north at around 5 mph.

The low today was 39ºF and the high was 60ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 49ºF, it was mostly clear with no wind and the barometer read 30.15".
        

Friday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 60's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers Friday night.

      

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the upper 50's with cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible. 

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 2nd the low was 21º F, the high was 45º F, and 1.00" 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)     45ºF            26ºF

Record (KBWG)     71°F (1903)    -20°F (1951)

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.

2/1/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.76" at Cookeville. There were 290 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.31" at Gallatin and Hendersonville.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 2.03" at Beaumont. There were 626 reports from Texas.   

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

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.04" at Kalamazoo. There were 109 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.03" at Niles. 

   

So far 6967 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 2.71" at Gonzales, Louisiana.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                             

The most new snow reported was 5.0" at Patten, Maine.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 38.0" at Plain, Washington.