February 23, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.01" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 49º F, it was cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.24" since yesterday morning. (29.38 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the 40's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 5-10 mph increasing to 20-25 mph and gusts to 40 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers with a thunderstorm possible after noon, then a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 49ºF and the high was 75ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 70ºF, the sky was mostly cloudy with winds 4 mph from the southwest, and the barometer read 29.18".
                          
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the low 50's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers in the morning.  
      
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 40's with clear skies.  
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 27º F, the high was 54º F, and a trace 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)     51ºF            31ºF
Record (KBWG)     79°F (1982)      4°F (1929)

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.

2/22/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.61" at Scotts Hill. There were 284 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.22" at Hendersonville. 
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.03" at Corpus Christi. There were 498 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.31" at Houghton. There were 109 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 3.5" at Houghton.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.07" at Buchanan. The most new snow reported was 0.4" at Buchanan.  
   
So far 6594 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.69" at Montesano, Washington.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 11.9" at Steamboat Springs, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 41.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.

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