February 27, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 47º F, it was cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 4 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.15 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 low 60's with clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 5 mph.

The low today was 40ºF and the high was 65ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 57ºF, it was mostly clear with calm winds, and the barometer read 30.18".
                          

Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 60's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon and an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms Tuesday night.   

      

Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms before noon.  

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 27th the low was 54º F, the high was 67º 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)     53ºF            32ºF

Record (KBWG)     74°F (1948)      4°F (1934)

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.

2/26/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookeville and Kyles Ford. There were 225 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.60" at Corpus Christi. There were 454 reports from Texas.    

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.20" at Dowagiac. There were 89 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 2.5" at Fennville.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.01" at Watervliet.   

   

So far 5744 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.18" at Swisshome, Oregon.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 19.0" at Westfield, Vermont.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 45.0" at Lead, South Dakota.