March 17, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.32" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 57º F, it was partly cloudy, and winds were 2 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 80's with partly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at 5-10 mph. There is a 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 54ºF and the high was 79ºF. There was lots of sunshine through mid afternoon, then mostly cloudy and cloudy skies as thunderstorms were in the area, though none came over us. We did have a few showers from the outer edges of the storms in the early evening hours. At 6 PM the temperature was 68ºF, it was cloudy, winds were calm, and the barometer read 29.92".
                          
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 50's and a high in the low 80's with mostly clear skies. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms. 
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 50's and a high in the mid 80's with mostly clear skies.     
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 17th the low was 45º F, the high was 78º F, and a trace 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)     59ºF            37ºF
Record (KBWG)     86°F (1894)     16°F (1900)

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.

3/16/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.07" at Franklin. There were 355 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 1.18" at Goodlettesville.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.18" at Dryden. There were 528 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 1.97" at Monroe. There were 108 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.05" at Stevensville.    
   
So far 7341 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.23" at Brookings, Oregon.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
Oregon - 1
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 19.0" at Soda Springs, California.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 91.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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