March 1, 2012

Happy Birthday Linda!!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.17" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 46º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the west. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.74 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 upper 60's with clear skies. Winds will be from the southwest at around 4 mph. There is a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight tonight.

The low today was 42ºF and the high was 68ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 57ºF, it was clear with calm winds and the barometer read 29.65".
                          

Friday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers and thunderstorms, some of the thunderstorms may be severe.   

      

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies.    

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 1st the low was 32º F, the high was 55º 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)     53ºF            32ºF

Record (KBWG)     76°F (1976)     11°F (1920)

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.

2/29/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.94" at Deer Lodge (3:15 PM report). There were 312 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.05" at Westmoreland. 

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.29" at Smithville. There were 566 reports from Texas.    

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.05" at Mansfield.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.25" at Traverse City. There were 117 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 4.9" at Traverse City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 1.00" at Buchanan.   

   

So far 7579 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.97" at Honomu, Hawaii.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
Hawaii - 1
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 17.0" at Crandon, Wisconsin.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 52.0" at Soda Springs, California.

TN-SR-32 Weather History
February 2012 had 1.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 34.0ºF and the average high was 54.4ºF. There was 0.4" of snow recorded.
February 2011 had 8.02" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 31.9ºF and the average high was 52.1ºF. There was 3.1" of snow recorded.
February 2010 had 2.52" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 26.0ºF and the average high was 40.9ºF. There was 5.3" of snow recorded.
February 2009 had 1.96" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 32.2ºF and the average high was 53.2ºF. There was 1.0" of snow recorded.
February 2008 had 3.85" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 30.6º F and the average high was 50.0º F. There was 2.8" of snow recorded.
February 2007 had 2.45" of precipitation, the average low temperature was 24.8ºF and the average high was 43.8ºF. There was 4.5" of snow recorded.

(Before 2007, I used a different rain gauge and estimated rain to the nearest tenth.)
February 2006 had 2.5" of precipitation, the average low was 30.1ºF and the average high was 48.5ºF. There was 10.4" of snow recorded.
February 2005 had 4.2" of precipitation, the average low was 34.0ºF and the average high was 52.5ºF. There was no snow recorded.

Precipitation from beginning of year through the end of February -
2012 - 6.22"
2011 - 10.63"
2010 - 6.79"
2009 - 9.08"
2008 - 7.69"
2007 - 6.98"
2006 - 9.8"
2005 - 9.3"