March 4, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 28º F, it was clear or mostly clear with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was unchanged since yesterday morning. (29.74 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 20's and a high in the low 50's with increasingly cloudy skies. Winds will be from the west southwest at around 10-15 mph and gusts to 25 mph. There is a 20% chance of showers after 3 PM through midnight, then a 40% chance of rain showers with maybe some snow, then a chance of snow flurries in the early AM on Monday. No accumulation of snow is expected.

The low today was 25ºF and the high was 51ºF. It was partly cloudy through most of the morning and mostly cloudy or cloudy most of the afternoon. At 6 PM the temperature was 44ºF, it was cloudy with winds from the west at 5 mph, and the barometer read 29.77".
                          
Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's with partly cloudy skies becoming clear as the day progresses.       
      
Tuesday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 60's with clear skies.    
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 4th the low was 53º F, the high was 68º 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)     82°F (1976)      0°F (1960)

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.

3/3/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 2.30" at Cleveland and Cookeville. There were 299 reports from Tennessee.
The most precipitation reported in Sumner County, Tennessee was 0.25" at Hendersonville. 
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.60" at McQueeney. There were 504 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   
   
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 2.72" at Traverse City. There were 108 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 24.4" at Traverse City.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.34" at Stevensville.    
   
So far 6667 CoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 4.72" at Niceville, Florida.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
Florida - 3
Hawaii - 1
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 24.4" at Traverse City, Michigan.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 71.0" at Soda Springs, California.

2 comments:

Nan said...

"Monday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 300's"

A low in the mid 300's!!!!

Mike said...

Wow! Someone actually admits to reading my blog! And even paid attention to what it said.