March 22, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 66º F, it was mostly cloudy, and winds were 3 mph from the southeast. The barometer reading was -0.03" since yesterday morning. (29.89 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the upper 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southeast at 5-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms after 1 PM, and then an 80% chance of showers or thunderstorms before 1 AM tonight with showers likely after that.

The low today was 60ºF and the high was 79ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 64ºF, there was 0.25" of rain in the gauge from showers earlier in the day, it was cloudy, winds were 4 mph from the southeast, and the barometer read 29.86",
                          
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 70's with 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 low 50's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 70% chance of showers or thunderstorms.    
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 22nd the low was 59º F, the high was 79º 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)     61ºF            39ºF
Record (KBWG)     90°F (1907)     20°F (2002)

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.

3/21/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.45" at Ten Mile. There were 263 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 9.65" at Orange. There were 662 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.92" at North Richland Hills.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.01" at Chassell. There were 106 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.    
   
So far 7389 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 9.65" at Orange, Texas.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
Arkansas - 21
Louisiana - 15
Texas - 11
Missouri - 7
Oregon - 1
                                                                                         
The most new snow reported was 14.0" at Moscow, Idaho.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 110.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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