March 5, 2012

Happy Birthday Richard!!!

Westmoreland Weather

There was a trace of precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 35º F, it was mostly cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the southwest. The barometer reading was +0.23" since yesterday morning. (29.97 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                   

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the mid 30's and a high in the mid 40's with mostly clear skies. Winds will be from the north at 5-15 mph.

The low today was 29ºF and the high was 48ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 38ºF, it was clear with calm winds, and the barometer read 30.27".
                          

Tuesday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the low 60's with clear skies.       

      

Wednesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly clear skies.    

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 5th the low was 38º F, the high was 58º F, and 0.04" of 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)     55ºF            33ºF

Record (KBWG)     85°F (1910)     -6°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.

3/4/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.21" at Jonesborough. There were 237 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.10" at Zavalla. There were 412 reports from Texas.    

No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.   

   

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.68" at Marquette. There were 99 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 12.0" at Marquette.
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.15" at Watervliet. The most new snow was 1.2" at Niles.    

   

So far 5911 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 7.28" at Alford, Florida.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
Georgia - 25
Florida - 11
South Carolina - 5
Hawaii - 1
                                                   

The most new snow reported was 13.4" at Two Harbors, Minnesota.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 69.0" at Soda Springs, California.