March 18, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.05" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 58º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were calm. 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 mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at around 10 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 57ºF and the high was 81ºF. There was lots of sunshine with partly cloudy or mostly clear skies all day.
                          
Monday
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.  
      
Tuesday
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 18th the low was 57º F, the high was 78º 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)     59ºF            38ºF
Record (KBWG)     87°F (1908)     14°F (1902)

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.

3/17/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.71" at Bartlett. There were 314 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.32" at Westmoreland.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.16" at Lubbock and North Richland Hills. There were 504 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.16" at North Richland Hills.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.13" at White Cloud. There were 103 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.    
   
So far 6522 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.85" at Grass Valley, California.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
California - 2
                                                                                         
The most new snow reported was 26.0" at Soda Springs, California.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 114.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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