April 12, 2012

Westmoreland Weather
There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 30º F, it was clear with frost, and winds were calm. The barometer reading was +0.14" since yesterday morning. (30.09  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                          
Forecast
Today  
The forecast for today is for a low in the upper 20's and a high in the mid 60's with clear skies. Winds will be from the east at around 5 mph.

The low today was 28ºF and the high was 64ºF. At 6 PM the temperature was 60ºF, it was mostly clear, winds were calm and the barometer read 30.00".
 
Friday
The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the upper 30's and a high in the low 70's with mostly clear skies.  
              
Saturday
The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 80's with mostly clear skies.        
                                                
Last Years Weather on this Date
Last year on the 12th the low was 48º F, the high was 67º F, and 3.06" 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)     68ºF            44ºF
Record (KBWG)     94°F (1906)     26°F (1940)

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.

4/11/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -
The most precipitation reported in Tennessee was 0.17" at Bartlett. There were 266 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  
    
The most precipitation reported in Texas was 1.63" at Stratford. There were 536 reports from Texas.    
No precipitation was reported in Tarrant County, Texas.    
                               
The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.10" at Holland. There were 132 reports from Michigan. The most new snow was 0.5" at Gaylord.  
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was a trace at Buchanan, Niles, and Stevensville. The most new snow reported was a trace at Buchanan and Stevensville. 
   
So far 7154 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 1.97" at Coats, Kansas.
              
Reports of 4" or more:
none
                                                                                                                                                                                    
The most new snow reported was 4.0" at Pine Mountain Club, California.     
The most snow reported on the ground was 63.0" at Soda Springs, California.

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