February 29, 2012

Leap Day!

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was cloudy with a light mist, and winds were 5 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.44" since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.
                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 70's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-15 mph. There is a 90% chance of showers and thunderstorms, some thunderstorms may be severe. Rain should end by 9 PM.

The low today was 59ºF and the high was 70ºF. At 6 PM it was mostly cloudy with a temperature of 64ºF, 0.17" of rain was in the gauge, winds were 4 mph from the southwest, and the barometer read 29.56".
                          

Thursday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 40's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies.    

      

Friday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms during the day and an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms overnight.   

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 28th the low was 37º F, the high was 68º F, and 2.21" 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)     54ºF            33ºF

Record (KBWG)     77°F (1972)      8°F (1884)

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.

2/28/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Jonesborough. There were 246 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.38" at Boerne. There were 734 reports from Texas.    

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

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.06" at Gaylord. There were 98 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 1.0" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.   

   

So far 7064 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.76" at Naples, Florida.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 9.5" at Ten Sleep, Wyoming.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 45.5" at Pagosa Springs, Colorado.