February 8, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.02" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 38º F, it was cloudy with a light rain, and winds were 1 mph from the north. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (30.06 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the mid 40's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the north northwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers, with possible snow mixed in, before noon.

The low today was 35ºF and the high was 44ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 36ºF, it was cloudy with winds 2 mph from the west, and the barometer read 30.15".
                          
Thursday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly clear skies.  
      
Friday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 50's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers in the afternoon and a 40% chance of showers Friday night with a chance of snow flurries after midnight.   
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 8th the low was 16º F, the high was 28º F, and 0.31" (1.4" snow) 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)     47ºF            27ºF
Record (KBWG)     75°F (1937)     -5°F (1895)

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.

2/7/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.01" at 6 locations. There were 257 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.50" at Seguin. There were 569 reports from Texas.   
the most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Benbrook.  
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.02" at Bay City. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 0.2" at Bay City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Niles. 
   
So far 6821 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.80" at Miami Lakes, Florida.
 
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 3
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 8.6" at Idaho Springs, Colorado.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 42.0" at Aspen Park, Colorado.

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