March 11, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 41º F, it was partly cloudy or mostly clear, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.12" since yesterday morning. (30.15 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 60's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at around 10 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 38ºF and the high was 70ºF. It was partly cloudy to mostly cloudy most of the day. At 6 PM the temperature was 66ºF, it was mostly cloudy, winds were from the south at 3 mph, and the barometer read 30.03".
                          

Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 70's with cloudy skies. There is an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms during the day and a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms Monday night.      

      

Tuesday

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 clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.    

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 11th the low was 35º F, the high was 51º F, and 0.11" 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)     57ºF            36ºF

Record (KBWG)     84°F (1911)     15°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.

3/10/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.20" at Huntland. There were 250 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 3.45" at Bloomington. There were 873 reports from Texas.    

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.40" at Arlington.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.03" at Paradise. There were 87 reports from Michigan. The most new snow reported was 0.5" at Paradise.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.    

   

So far 6486 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.45" at Bloomington, Texas.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 9.0" at Stratham, New Hampshire.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 43.5" at Crested Butte, Colorado.