February 7, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, it was clear or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the northwest at around 5 mph. Tonight there is a 60% chance of showers, with possible snow mixed in after 3 AM on Wednesday.

The low today was 26ºF and the high was 52ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 46ºF, it was partly cloudy, winds were calm, and the barometer read 30.03".
                          

Wednesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. There is a 40% chance of showers, mainly before noon and possibly a little snow mixed in before 8 AM. 

      

Thursday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 40's with partly cloudy skies.   

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 7th the low was 26º F, the high was 44º F, and no 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)     46ºF            27ºF

Record (KBWG)     71°F (1931)     -5°F (1984)

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.

2/6/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.07" at Dickson and Vanleer. There were 253 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.90" at Live Oak. There were 619 reports from Texas.   

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.  

   

No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 90 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan. 

   

So far 6682 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.79" at Key West, Florida.

 

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 10.4" at Durango, Colorado.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 37.0" at Anchorage, Alaska.