April 15, 2012

Westmoreland Weather

There was no precipitation in the gauge this morning. The 5:00 AM temperature was 61º F, it was mostly clear, and winds were 3 mph from the north. The barometer reading was -0.12" since yesterday morning. (29.83  inches Hg on non calibrated barometer.)
                                                                                                                          

Forecast

Today  

The forecast for today is for a low in the low 60's and a high in the low 80's with clear skies. Winds will be from the south southwest at 15-20 mph.

The low today was 60ºF and the high was 79ºF. It was clear through the morning, then breezy and partly cloudy through the afternoon.
 
Monday

The forecast for tomorrow is for a low in the mid 60's and a high in the mid 70's with mostly cloudy skies. There is a 60% chance of showers or thunderstorms.  

              

Tuesday

The forecast for the day after tomorrow is for a low in the low 50's and a high in the low 70's with partly cloudy skies.  There is a 20% chance of showers or thunderstorms.      

                                                

Last Years Weather on this Date

Last year on the 15th the low was 53º F, the high was 61º 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)     69ºF            45ºF

Record (KBWG)     88°F (1936)     25°F (1950)

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.

4/14/2012 CoCoRaHS reports (from reports that looked legitimate as of time of blog entry) -

No precipitation was reported in Tennessee. There were 235 reports from Tennessee.
No precipitation was reported in Sumner County, Tennessee.  

    

The most precipitation reported in Texas was 0.20" at Lamesa. There were 516 reports from Texas.    

The most precipitation reported in Tarrant County, Texas was a trace at Hurst.    
                               

The most precipitation reported in Michigan was 0.50" at Buchanan. There were 129 reports from Michigan.   
The most precipitation reported in Berrien County, Michigan was 0.50" at Buchanan. 

   

So far 6928 CoCoRaHS entries have been made and the greatest amount of precipitation reported was 5.15" at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

              

Reports of 4" or more:
Oklahoma - 3
Florida - 2
                                                                                                                                                                                    

The most new snow reported was 10.0" at Wrightwood, California.     

The most snow reported on the ground was 60.0" at Kingvale, California.