March 23, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.30" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was mostly cloudy or cloudy, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was -0.06" since yesterday morning. (29.83 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 5-15 mph. There is a 50% chance of showers or thunderstorms.

The low today was 55ºF and the high was 80ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 74ºF, it was partly cloudy with calm winds, there was 0.02" of rain in the gauge, and the barometer read 29.62".
                          
Saturday
The forecast for 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.  
      
Sunday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies.     
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 23rd the low was 52º F, the high was 72º 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 (1910)      4°F (1885)

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.

3/22/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.79" at Jackson. There were 277 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.19" at Stratford. There were 604 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was 0.42" at North Richland Hills.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.65" at East Lansing. There were 115 reports from Michigan.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.04" at Stevensville.    
   
So far 7491 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 9.57" at Long Beach, Mississippi.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
Mississippi - 37
Louisiana - 5
Oregon - 3
Florida - 1
                                                                                                                                      
The most new snow reported was 8.0" at Lyons, Oregon.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 98.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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