March 15, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 62º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was +0.03" since yesterday morning. (30.00 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 upper 70's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 58ºF and the high was 80ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 60ºF, it was cloudy with a light rain as a thunderstorm moved nearby, there was 0.17" of rain in the gauge from rain earlier in the day, winds were 2 mph from the northwest, and the barometer read 30.00".
                          

Friday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms. 

      

Saturday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. There is a 30% chance of showers or thunderstorms.    

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 15th the low was 42º F, the high was 52º F, and 0.41" 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)     58ºF            37ºF

Record (KBWG)     85°F (1921)     16°F (1993)

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.

3/14/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.29" at Ten Mile. There were 275 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Bunker Hill Village. There were 517 reports from Texas.    

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.20" at Utica. There were 105 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.    

   

So far 6682 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 6.19" at Challenge-Brownsville, California.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
California - 7
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 19.0" at Soda Springs, California.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 80.0" at Soda Springs, California.