March 3, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was 0.11" of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 32º F, it was clear or mostly clear with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.24" since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 50's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the west northwest at around 5-15 mph.

The low today was 30ºF and the high was 55ºF. At 7:30 PM the temperature was 44ºF, it was partly cloudy with winds 2 mph from the north, and the barometer read 29.71".
                          
Sunday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 40's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 20% chance of showers during the afternoon and a 30% chance of rain and or snow showers after 2 AM overnight.      
      
Monday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the upper 40's with clear skies.    
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 3rd the low was 38º F, the high was 69º 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)     54ºF            33ºF
Record (KBWG)     80°F (1976)      1°F (1980)

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.

3/2/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.80" at Cleveland. There were 293 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.38" at Westmoreland. 
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Austin. There were 508 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.40" at Wolf Lake. There were 101 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.2" at Marquette.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.20" at Buchanan.   
   
So far 6849 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.98" at Soda Springs, California.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 16.0" at Soda Springs, California.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 76.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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