March 8, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 60º F, it was partly cloudy or mostly cloudy, and winds were 5 mph from the west. The barometer reading was -0.20" since yesterday morning. (29.95 inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                   
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 40's and a high in the mid 60's with cloudy skies. Winds will be from the south at 10-20 mph and gusts to 30 mph. There is a near 100% chance of showers and thunderstorms today and a 90% chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight.

The low today was 39ºF and the high was 60ºF. There was rain most of the day and at 6 PM the temperature was 44ºF, it was cloudy with rain, the wind was 6 mph from the north, and the barometer read 30.03". There was over 2" of rain in the gauge.
                          
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the low 40's and a high in the upper 50's with partly cloudy skies.       
      
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 30's and a high in the mid 60's with mostly clear skies.     
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 8th the low was 38º F, the high was 58º 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)     56ºF            35ºF
Record (KBWG)     82°F (1974)     11°F (1943)

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.

3/7/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was a trace at Cookville. There were 255 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee. 
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.06" at Pipe Creek. There were 558 reports from Texas.    
The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Blue Mound, Hurst, and Mansfield.   
   
No precipitation was reported in Michigan. There were 93 reports from Michigan.
No precipitation was reported in Berrien County, Michigan.    
   
So far 6493 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 3.44" at Honolulu, Hawaii.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                   
The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Livingston, Montana.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 66.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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